My fiancé just got a call. It went something like this.
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Biden campaign: hi I was wondering if we can count on your vote for Biden this election?
Fiancé: honestly I’m really not sure. I’m having a really hard time deciding who I am going to vote for. I might vote third party.
Biden campaign: well have a great night!
Fiancé: umm...you too?
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Seriously Lol anybody that has done phone canvassing knows this is the EXACT type of answer you want to hear to follow up on and have a conversation with the person to try to convince them.
Sad.
Well I was advised against arguing with people as well, but when someone was undecided, I was explicitly told to convince them. In my experience, I could often convince people by asking what there priorities are, then finding our common ground. But idk what your experience canvassing had been
Yeah, that matches my experience. I canvassed in person and we got several people to go from undecided to bernie after talking about the issues. Just not worth wasting the effort on people that are entrenched.