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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat REALLY gets out the vote
Not phone calls. At all.
Traditional mailers . . . just barely.
Door knocks, better.
Turns out what really gets out the vote is a simple post card -- showing you your voting history and your neighbors' voting history and pointing out that an updated mailer will be sent after the upcoming election. Increases voter turnout by 20%.
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/16/161082760/in-victory-lab-a-concoction-crafted-to-move-voters
abumbyanyothername
(2,711 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)That should scare everyone to the polls.
outsideworld
(601 posts)interesting
abumbyanyothername
(2,711 posts)nanabugg
(2,198 posts)abumbyanyothername
(2,711 posts)he talks about the science of social pressuring -- sending the postcards. I did not realize that it is not in the text article until just now.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)I don't want them to get my voting history from some central authority.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)why not use it to get people TO vote since they are using it to prevent them from voting already?
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)business, or mine theirs -- unless it comes up by way of normal acquaintance & friendship.