Cross post from SquareState diary yesterday
Talked with Anna after the walk today. She knocked on 35 doors - two voters had already returned their mail in votes. Know that is not scientific but that is almost 6% of the potential voters reached for today were no longer persuadable.
This means that dialing now, canvassing now is critical.
House District 21 has over 15,000 mail in votes requested. That means that as of today over 50% of the votes counted in the race will be cast by mail.
This means that the D swing happening now will be less movable by a late October "surprise". I am just saying that anyone who wants to make a difference needs to act now.
More below:
If you are saying, I'll phone bank tomorrow - you just missed 1% of the voters you could influence. If you said I'll canvass this weekend, you just missed 2% of the voters on every block you will walk.
You need to act now. By the time November 4 gets here you will be sweeping up behind the parade.
LEAD THE CHANGE - don't watch the train pull out of the station.