I was going to volunteer for the dems, but honestly, they're clobbering me by the minute.

[lindysalsagal]

I think it's all overkill at this point. Yes, I'm in a swing state.

I'm swatting away texts, emails, and even calls. Not so much printed material, yet.

There's just no way to turn a trumper, and the rest of us are already determined to vote. It wouldn't help.

[Hekate]

1. Unsubscribe and know peace

You can embrace phone banking when the noise quiets

[Timewas]

21. You bet

I have unsubscribed from all of them several times and it never sticks

[marlakay]

22. I get lots of texts from pasts years volunteering

I sent back a text saying I am voting Biden and straight dem then block number.

My husband who is not into politics made me promise after 2016 I would not volunteer like I had on other elections. So since I do the bills I sneak in donations when I can.

[SlogginThroughIt]

28. That sounds awful.

Sorry but that sounds like an awful situation. You had to promise your husband you wouldn’t volunteer? You have to sneak donations?

[marlakay]

30. I don't have to but he hates politics

And it creates arguments. He will go off in a rant about how awful America is but he doesn't want to do anything to fix it.

I worked on Kerry Campaign, Bernie Campaign, Obama campaign, and Hillary at the end. I put in a lot of hours and did bring it home and did get upset a lot.

[Hekate]

26. Just keep doing it; it's only a scroll down & click

Several years ago I was getting almost 50 a day, I kid you not. Every petition I signed, every donation I made, every letter I wrote triggered this spam. I unsubscribed to ALL of it, over and over, and in a couple of weeks my intent had registered & it stopped.

Since then, I will make donations, but I have given up signing petitions entirely, because every one of them ends up as a plea for a donation anyway. But the direct non-petition donations are all intentional on my part, and done with the knowledge that I will have to eventually do some cleanup.

Best of luck.

[Timewas]

27. I agree

I quit the petitions or sure, they are begging for donations and no one pays any attention to them anyway...The repugs don't care and the dems are already doing most of that stuff

[efhmc]

2. I think it is wasteful of resources.

[superpatriotman]

3. It's the 'undecided' voters they need to focus attention on

Unfortunately they're bigger babies than trumpers, but it's worth trying!

[Timewas]

29. Pretty much

Anyone who is claiming to be "undecided" at this point is lying and plying us or is just plain stupid...And it is a waste of time talking to them anything we can say has already been said hundreds of times and they have just ignored it

[brooklynite]

4. So, Biden should pull out of your State?

[katusha]

5. this election is too important to assume anything

please reconsider, maybe you can phone bank into texas or georgia.

[LakeArenal]

6. It called grass roots. Dems are proud of the vast bounty of volunteers.

[MaryMagdaline]

7. Seriously I've made phone calls 4 Weekends in a row

Now I’m running over people who’ve received a million calls and they’re tired of hearing from me. I actually spoke with a lady who was another volunteer who had just finished her own calls.

The Obama model called for multiple contacts to each voter. I think we’re there in Florida.

[SharonClark]

10. Our county party called every registered Dem

in the county to determine if they wanted an absentee ballot. I didn’t get that call because I’d already requested mine and the party knew that. I won’t get the next call, for the ballot chase, because I’ll submit my ballot the day after I receive it.

Campaigns and parties need to work smart and use updated lists so they don’t bug voters.

[MaryMagdaline]

16. That's great to hear!!

Btw I just saw Fla Dems on my phone even though I walked my ballot through on Monday. That’s ok with me though. I don’t mind if they call me 100 times!

[Awsi Dooger]

34. I've received phone calls two days in a row in Miami-Dade

That's great. Typically I don't receive much contact other than from my congresswoman Donna Shalala

[SharonClark]

8. Not following why you wouldn't volunteer

as a result of the calls, texts, and emails.

Do you think they have too many volunteers or the volunteers aren’t being used effectively?

[msongs]

9. text spam is out of control but to donate thru actblue one is forced to give phone # nt

[catrose]

11. I think the strategy is to go after infrequent voters

No one is trying to change Trumpers’ minds.

[central scrutinizer]

12. 300 emails and texts every day

And I’m in a blue state. I did donate to several Senate campaigns and I’m sure they all share mailing lists. But I don’t even read the subject line, just delete all. At least the paper mailings are helping the USPS.

[Nay]

13. Actually, if you volounteer for the Dems, you will most likely be going around to Dem

households, reminding people of the election date, making sure they have a ride to the polls, etc. That's what happens here in VA.

[moonscape]

17. My cousin in PA has been trying to volunteer to do this

but they aren't organized enough to use him. He's very discouraged because he really really is itching to get out there and do just this.

[lindysalsagal]

23. I would do that but they're not calling me. I finally spoke to someone

after leaving many messages and volunteered but haven't heard a word.

[genxlib]

14. I have a foolproof plan for increasing turnout for early voting

Just make it illegal for any political contact after you have voted.

People would be lined up down the street on the first day of early voting. Hell, I would like to go ahead and cast my ballot for 2022 while I'm here.

[ananda]

15. I can't tell you how many texts I've received from Dem organizers.

A lot.

I've blocked many of them.

Some I answer, but then the texts just get worse
and I have to block them.

That's OK. They're just doing their jobs.

We have to win this!!!

[Awsi Dooger]

33. I've blocked some of them also

I despise texts. I'm on Tracfone and every text eats away one minute from my total that needs to last a full year

I've told very one of them I prefer emails. But they text me anyway

[jorgevlorgan]

18. We aren't trying to turn trumpers

We are trying to get the less frequent voters to vote, and turn out our supporters. Voter contact wins elections. It is likely the reason Trump won in 2016.

[KentuckyWoman]

19. GOTV

That is where I put my efforts.

[lunatica]

20. I just skip over them.

They’ll be gone in another month. But you can unsubscribe whenever you want.

[relayerbob]

24. I did some texcting but agree

Too much spam, so I'm not doing that any more. I am, however, doing post cards for GOTV. I believe those will be more effective, being hand-written and easily tossed without interfering in one's peace and quiet, and not filling up phones with crap. Not doing anything asking for money at this point.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

25. I keep on getting texts asking me to phone bank for Biden.

I have done phone banking in the past and do not like it. I simply delete the texts.

[SMC22307]

31. How defeatist... not helpful AT ALL. Start writing postcards if that's more your speed.

There are plenty in the wishy-washy middle who might not have made up their minds.

[PTWB]

32. I volunteer for local races. We are doing a lot of literature drops.

[RGTIndy]

35. There aren't tons of persuadables, but they are out there.

There are very few "undecideds" meaning people that are engaged but could vote either way. But there are a lot of people that aren't reliable voters, who have never watched the news, much less a debate, in their lives. That can be persuaded to vote, and when they do, they generally vote for us. Remember, turnout in 2016 was only 61%. That's a ton of eligible voters that could be persuaded to cast a ballot.