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Oct. 30th, 2006 12:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheI did go to the Call for Change party held in my neighborhood Saturday evening. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inhumandecency attended, too.) I was my usual shy self, but I temporarily overcame my long-standing fear of telephones to call unlikely voters in Wisconsin. The volunteers were initially given three sheets of numbers to call; the directions included encouragement to complete more sheets. Each sheet had 16 contacts. Out of the 80 numbers I called, the vast majority were answering machines (we were instructed not to leave messages).
The next largest category of calls were hang-ups. I much preferred when people would take the time to verbalize why they weren't interested in the phone call (even the lady who exasperatedly said, "I'm so tired of getting these phone calls!"). At least then I could apologize for disturbing them and not feel so demoralized when going to the next number.
Out of 80 numbers, I got to be friendly to fewer than 10, many of whom said they were undecided or weren't going to share their voting preferences. I had about four people who were responsive to the call. And one of those was a guy who was very animated about the state of politics in this country. I was pleased to chat with him, though our instructions were to not get into protracted political discussions with the people we called.
So, did I make a difference? I did make personal contact with a few people, and I think that's better than nothing. There were a good number of people at the party, so hopefully we collectively accomplished our overall goal. I'd like to know how many MoveOn parties there were and how many people were contacted total.
After that, I met up withdionysus1999, sarahmichigan and rikhei (as well as other people I'd not met before or with whom I'd had a fleeting acquaintance) at another Halloween party. Actually, it was a sex toy party. I had spent my expendable cash for the month, so I wasn't able to purchase anything. But it was fun to hang out and participate in discussion.
Afterwards, I originally had plans to hit the Stilyagi party (held athotwire7's place), but I was feeling stranger-saturated by then, so I ended up turning into a pumpkin just after 10 p.m.
inhumandecency attended, too.) I was my usual shy self, but I temporarily overcame my long-standing fear of telephones to call unlikely voters in Wisconsin. The volunteers were initially given three sheets of numbers to call; the directions included encouragement to complete more sheets. Each sheet had 16 contacts. Out of the 80 numbers I called, the vast majority were answering machines (we were instructed not to leave messages). The next largest category of calls were hang-ups. I much preferred when people would take the time to verbalize why they weren't interested in the phone call (even the lady who exasperatedly said, "I'm so tired of getting these phone calls!"). At least then I could apologize for disturbing them and not feel so demoralized when going to the next number.
Out of 80 numbers, I got to be friendly to fewer than 10, many of whom said they were undecided or weren't going to share their voting preferences. I had about four people who were responsive to the call. And one of those was a guy who was very animated about the state of politics in this country. I was pleased to chat with him, though our instructions were to not get into protracted political discussions with the people we called.
So, did I make a difference? I did make personal contact with a few people, and I think that's better than nothing. There were a good number of people at the party, so hopefully we collectively accomplished our overall goal. I'd like to know how many MoveOn parties there were and how many people were contacted total.
After that, I met up with
dionysus1999, sarahmichigan and rikhei (as well as other people I'd not met before or with whom I'd had a fleeting acquaintance) at another Halloween party. Actually, it was a sex toy party. I had spent my expendable cash for the month, so I wasn't able to purchase anything. But it was fun to hang out and participate in discussion.Afterwards, I originally had plans to hit the Stilyagi party (held at
hotwire7's place), but I was feeling stranger-saturated by then, so I ended up turning into a pumpkin just after 10 p.m.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2006-10-30 06:33 pm (UTC)