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maptap22

(229 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 04:37 PM Sep 2024

Update on my canvassing in FL

I went again this weekend and the guy that I partnered with was new and didn’t want to speak so I did most of it. I did it! I can’t believe it! Spoke with so many nice and highly motivated people who plan on voting blue all the way. It was very uplifting.
I still can’t better I did it. Sounds funny to brag but I am super proud of myself. 😊
Going again next weekend for sure.

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Update on my canvassing in FL (Original Post) maptap22 Sep 2024 OP
Good for you! Thank you!!!!! SheltieLover Sep 2024 #1
THANK YOU!!! elleng Sep 2024 #2
Good for you! And Thank You! Coexist Sep 2024 #3
Thank you BoRaGard Sep 2024 #4
Thank you Duncanpup Sep 2024 #5
Well done!! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #6
👏👏 Brag away! It will get easier as you gain more confidence..good on you! Deuxcents Sep 2024 #7
Kudos to you! StarryNite Sep 2024 #8
Wonderful ! Tweedy Sep 2024 #9
DU is PROUD of YOU! MacKasey Sep 2024 #10
I'm super proud of you also! ananda Sep 2024 #11
Hooray! So good for the self confidence, and happy to hear you encountered blue voters. Lonestarblue Sep 2024 #12
Thank you for your good work ! kimbutgar Sep 2024 #13
You're the hero we need pscot Sep 2024 #14
It really is scary, especially at first. Thank you! mucifer Sep 2024 #15
Thanks for your work in Florida. 4lbs Sep 2024 #16
Thank you for your work... Wounded Bear Sep 2024 #17
Thank you for your efforts LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #18
I'm proud of you also! MLAA Sep 2024 #19
Thank you and: bravo !!! fierywoman Sep 2024 #20
Fantastic 👍💙 I'm voting blue in November 💙 TommieMommy Sep 2024 #21
Are you using a list of registered voters? CaptainTruth Sep 2024 #22
THANK YOU and YOUR PARTNER! Justice matters. Sep 2024 #23
What county? Aviation Pro Sep 2024 #24
Thank you!!!!! markie Sep 2024 #25
Thank you! godsentme Sep 2024 #26
Courageous patriots like you are going to save our democracy. Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #27
Way to go! iemanja Sep 2024 #28
Thank you Maptap22! lucca18 Sep 2024 #29
Good for you! Warpy Sep 2024 #30
Yay!!!!!!! tavernier Sep 2024 #31
So very proud of you. niyad Sep 2024 #32
You should be proud of yourself-- you deserve it!! ailsagirl Sep 2024 #33
Thank you. You should be proud. Jarqui Sep 2024 #34
Bravo!! n/t iluvtennis Sep 2024 #35
Wonderful! Thank you and your partner! Fla Dem Sep 2024 #36
Hell no! Brag away! Super proud of you! Grown2Hate Sep 2024 #37
Awesome! Ilikepurple Sep 2024 #38
Terrific report, maptap22! calimary Sep 2024 #39
Thank you! Your sharing this experience can encourage others! NoSheep Sep 2024 #40
Thanks for your hard work. OLDMDDEM Sep 2024 #41
Thank you. n/t whopis01 Sep 2024 #42
Great! SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2024 #43
Great job! And thank you for doing your part! Trueblue Texan Sep 2024 #44
GOOD JOB! MuseRider Sep 2024 #45
It's people like you doing the hard stuff that are going to see Dems prevail. llmart Sep 2024 #46
Turning Florida blue would be soooo cool. sellitman Sep 2024 #47
Makes you feel good, don't it? Pinback Sep 2024 #48

ananda

(33,620 posts)
11. I'm super proud of you also!
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 05:11 PM
Sep 2024

Imo, these accounts from the ground show
a much different race than the polls!

Lonestarblue

(12,992 posts)
12. Hooray! So good for the self confidence, and happy to hear you encountered blue voters.
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 05:18 PM
Sep 2024

I know it may be a long shot, but I’m keeping fingers crossed that Florida turns blue.

4lbs

(7,395 posts)
16. Thanks for your work in Florida.
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 05:28 PM
Sep 2024

I (and others) jokingly call that state Flori-DUH, and the redness of the state will hopefully turn blue in November.

Wounded Bear

(63,217 posts)
17. Thank you for your work...
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 05:33 PM
Sep 2024

I know it is probably discouraging down there in FLA, but without hard work by folks like you we'll never get it to turn blue.

CaptainTruth

(7,922 posts)
22. Are you using a list of registered voters?
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:04 PM
Sep 2024

There's a lady in my neighborhood who works with our county Democratic party & she had a registered voter list that included party, so she could make sure she got to all the registered Democrats, make sure they were voting, & ask about any neighbors that would be worth talking to, like we knew Republican neighbors who were definitely not voting for Trump, they hated him.

godsentme

(183 posts)
26. Thank you!
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:23 PM
Sep 2024

Like the others, I'm so proud of you for getting yourself out there. Thanks to your partner as well. Thank you for doing what you can for a blue victory in November!

Warpy

(114,047 posts)
30. Good for you!
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:43 PM
Sep 2024

My parents lived in a red area on the east coast, but I put most of their neighbors into that "decent but wrong" category that will have a lot of them simply unable to vote for TFG when they get into that booth all by themselves.

They were the people who told me they were planning to vote Greenie in 2000 because Dubya was a moron and Cheney was a snake, but GOP down ticket because they wanted their taxes low..

Fanatical GOP cultists are still out there, so be prepared to wish them a nice day and leave if you run into any.

I don't know how much Florida is in play this year. I do know it will most likely be close.

Be nice to get rid of pRick Scott, though.

Grown2Hate

(2,194 posts)
37. Hell no! Brag away! Super proud of you!
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 08:58 PM
Sep 2024

I did it for President Obama in '08 here in AZ. I have a high level of social anxiety so I probably won't again (my "DO SOMETHING!" this year was the essay I wrote and shared here and DU and some apolitical friends).

Thank you SO MUCH. It's hard work and super necessary.

calimary

(88,104 posts)
39. Terrific report, maptap22!
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 03:41 AM
Sep 2024

Thanks! That whole enthusiasm thing sure seems to be for real! I just keep on hearing about it. And all positive reports, too!

Trueblue Texan

(3,874 posts)
44. Great job! And thank you for doing your part!
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 12:09 PM
Sep 2024

Some Trumpette on FB posted a photo of a margarita and said I should get a hobby (instead of discussing politics). I told her I have a hobby, it's called saving American Democracy. She thought I was full of delusions of grandeur (of course her vocab was too tiny to articulate that concept). They take so much for granted. Thank you for helping save our democracy.

MuseRider

(34,993 posts)
45. GOOD JOB!
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 01:36 PM
Sep 2024

I remember when I first started. It was HARD for me.
It all began there. Next thing you know you will be doing it again and teaching the newbies!
It is kinda fun isn't it?
Many pats on the back and THANK YOUS!

llmart

(16,961 posts)
46. It's people like you doing the hard stuff that are going to see Dems prevail.
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 01:38 PM
Sep 2024

May I ask where you are canvassing? My son lives in Orlando which is mostly a blue area. He canvassed for Obama even though he had very little spare time. It makes all the difference.

Pinback

(13,418 posts)
48. Makes you feel good, don't it?
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 04:35 PM
Sep 2024

Well, it feels good to have done it! At least, that’s been my experience.

Good work! And from one state to the north, thank you!!

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