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Mary Ellen Griffin's avatar

Thanks, Ry, for this interesting piece exploring varied effectiveness of different kinds of canvassing, relative to achieving different kinds of goals. My canvassing friends and I are discussing it, and we will keep exploring, learning, and putting these ideas to the test! And: I love the name of your Substack. ;)

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Larry R Rivera's avatar

thank you for reminding me and everyone else that this is an effective tactic. Of course it is not quarantine to work for everybody - just look at who voted for trump (did I hear some regret. too) or who did not vote at all... Get the ground game going now!

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CupOfSoup's avatar

I wonder how valid studies in the US are vs multiparty environments.

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Ryan Clayton's avatar

Definitely worth keeping in mind. I tried to look for more Canadian-based papers but it's challenging when so much research is paywalled! I did find a really fascinating one on lawn signs that looked specifically at Canada: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374283028_Do_Household_Political_Campaign_Signs_Help_Win_Vote_Share

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