Door-to-Door Etiquette: A canvassing tutorial

[HillbillyDan]

Canvassing is much more effective when you get people who are known locally to go with you.

 

[damon04]

BLIMP~~~~!!!! This is the groundwork we MUST be doing, after we've donated so much to his campaign.... WE THE PEOPLE

 

[Kaneda]

BUMP for importance and sticky

 

[espot]

Keep Bumping

BUMP for importance and sticky

Thanks for bumbing this, could be one of the most important threads I have seen.

 

[abcde]

I go mail box to mail box.......the more flyers you get out, the more votes you win....simple as that......it's faster than door to door and alot less walking driving mail box to mail box.

make sure you have an excellent flyer covering everything..........

here's the one I use and it to me is by far the best.

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/69/files/

click the RP comparison flye r08

DON'T DO THIS!!!

"No part of a mail receptacle may be used to deliver any matter not bearing postage, including items or matter placed upon, supported by, attached to, hung from, or inserted into a mail receptacle. Any mailable matter not bearing postage and found as described above is subject to the same postage as would be paid if it were carried by mail." D041 Customer Mail Receptacles - 1.3Use for Mail

What you can do is this if you're wanting to go the mail route: prepare direct mailing postcards for a specific zip code or use a target mailing list you have, but this will probably be a little more expensive, but it is something realtors do. This way you can legally have something put into a mailbox because it will then have paid postage on it.

http://www.usps.com/directmail/toolsresources.htm

 

[RonPaulFTW08]

Good tutorial. This is my method and it works for me. It's very short and simple. I drop off as many as I can. When there are people home I say "Hi! Can I give you a flyer?" 9 out of 10 times they say yes and thank me. And I thank them and am on my way. If I notice that they are extra friendly my next question would be "Are you voting?" And depending on their answer that leads into "Who are you voting for?" "Are you registered?", etc.. and that's how I get my foot through the door. I guess I've been lucky cause only a very few people say no to the flyer.

 

[bucfish]

Nice one bump I went and just delivered my precinct his Perscription for Economic Prosperity Plan.

 

[NewbieInVermont]

bump

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

bump

wow - there is a blast from the past

welcome to our boisterious little world

 

[NewbieInVermont]

wow - there is a blast from the past

welcome to our boisterious little world

I don't get it :o

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

I don't get it :o

blast from the past because I first posted that 6 months ago and hadn't seen it in a while.

boisterous?... well, we have all types here and try to have a light hand...

BTW did you vote in this thread yet

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=135012

sure would appreciate if you did, thanks

enjoy

 

[Conza88]

This is FTW.

 

[Libertydad88]

Awesome!

I can't tell you guys how stressed I was before I read this thread as I've never done anything like this before. The information here will make my volunteer work for 2010 soo much easier. Thank you to everyone who contributed

 

[bpitas]

2011 primary fact sheet

I plan on doing some canvassing for the 2011 primary, but most of the actual "materials" I have found on the internets are related to the 2008 presidential race, so are pretty out of date. Does anyone have a good example of a current fact sheet they might use for the 2011 primary? I'm sure I could make one up based on available data, but why bother if someone else more experienced on the whole door-to-door thing already made something that works!
BTW - I am probably like many people on here - I was completely disinterested in politics until about 4 years ago, when I started to realize that the country was going to crap. Decided to at least pay attention, but didn't get out and DO anything, and loe and behold we got Obama. Now I'm trying to correct my mistake by doing whatever I can to promote the one candidate I feel like I can actually trust! (OK maybe two if you count Rand!) So any advice people have on OTHER ways to help spread the word (besides door-to-door) would be greatly appreciated!

 

[No Free Beer]

I couldn't agree more. Ron Paul Library was what converted me. The more I read, the more my jaw dropped.....

 

[Tinnuhana]

I have a question for former JWs here. I have a friend who is a witness and we've talked a lot. I know their stance on non-involvement in gov't and have joked with her about them being anarchists. Although I know they aren't going to vote, would it be a positive to ask them to pray for Ron, as someone who, if elected, will keep the current system of things in place a while longer so they can do more witnessing? It might open some doors.
Also, in NH, there are lots of Roman Catholics. Remember that several of the leading apologists for the libertarian ideas are also Catholic, for example: Tom Woods. So that's something someone interested could YouTube or go to the mises website.
I know you're talking about keeping things simple. I'm just saying if someone is interested beyond the handshake and literature, these could be used.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Interesting point Tinnuhana but I really don't think it makes much sense to bring up Mises.org. Perhaps http://www.ronpaul2012.com/ would be a better site and it will be on the official campaign lit that you or someone else is handing out, anyway.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

I have been going door to door naked in an effort to show the benefits of freedom. I knew I was doing it wrong! *faceplam*

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

OP updated with current link/etc...

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

bump!