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How to volunteer with the Biden campaign (phone bank, precinct chair, etc) (events.democrats.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do I have to follow a script, or can I come out and admit that Biden sucks. Really really sucks. In a very bad way, he sucks bigtime.

But you should vote for him anyway. Yes, it sucks, he sucks, the US voting system sucks, the education system sucks...but vote Biden.

🇺🇸Vote Biden🇺🇸 He sucks, but things could always suck a lot more.

[–] Candelestine 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When it comes to door-knocking, it's less about your opinions and more about listening to and addressing their concerns. So you don't really want to just hammer with what comes across as a propaganda sledgehammer, as much as listen and converse. With extra emphasis on listen. Have to be flexible.

With a phone bank, probably have to stick to a script.

There's other things too though, registration drives and giving people rides to polling places on election day, teaching people how mail-in works, stuff like that. Just generic get-out-the-vote stuff.

[–] agent_flounder 2 points 1 year ago

Also, some organizations do (politically agnostic) postcard / letter writing campaigns to encourage people to go vote. I did one of these campaigns in 2020.

Search for something like "send postcards encourage voting".

I am planning to join up with one of these again for 2024. I find writing much more in my comfort zone and skill set than face to face or phone banks.

[–] agent_flounder 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe sit this one out, I think we got it covered.

[–] distantsounds 2 points 1 year ago

“Things could be worse. Can I have more money?”