I'm hunkered down for Sandy here on NYC's Upper West Side, taking a short break from making calls for Get Out the Vote. At times like this I hark back to my youth in Rockaway Beach, evacuating to Grandma's in East NY (Brooklyn) to escape the waves of Carol, Esther and Donna rolling down Beach 138th St. and sometimes meeting the waters of Jamaica Bay.
As for the calls, the sample of 25 yielded approximately the following:
10 wrong number or disconnected
11 not home
2 Obama supporters
2 refused to talk (I take that as Romney supporters)
In past elections, I've heard that results like this are a good sign -- that these are the "dregs" of respondents, who have been called several times, meaning that calling has already identified most of the actual voters.
Any thoughts on that?
Back to the Phone!