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Almost 2 in 3 voters said they are apprehensive of door-to-door political canvassers amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll.
Sixty-three percent of voters in the Politico/Morning Consult poll released Tuesday said they feel apprehensive about encountering canvassers at their doors. Just 28 percent said they are comfortable being contacted in person by campaign volunteers.
Voters were much more split when asked how they felt about the practice prior to the pandemic, with 42 percent saying they felt comfortable and 47 percent saying they were uncomfortable.
The poll also found partisan divisions, with Republicans slightly more accommodating to canvassers before and after the virus spread across the U.S., Politico noted. Prior to the pandemic, 48 percent of Republicans said they felt comfortable with it whereas just 43 percent of Democrats said the same. After the pandemic took hold, 36 percent of Republicans said they are fine with canvassers, versus just a quarter of Democrats.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517525-almost-2-in-3-apprehensive-of-door-to-door-political-canvassing-poll
DLCWIdem
(1,580 posts)TYT Ana Kasparav and John Iadora from the Damage Report have done a couple of hit pieces in the last 4 days about Joe Biden's campaign and how they are being negligent in ignoring Michigan because "he was slipping" in the polls. Newsweek also did an article apparently they called someone in Biden's campaign and when asked about ground operations the campaigner said "what do you mean by on the ground". Ana went on to further criticize the campaign and say it was beginning to look like 2016 all over again. Iadora on his segment was saying "progressives" would gladly give their help if Biden would give a little on his policies. Meaning move to the left. This poll is an interesting counter.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Unless someone is willing to stand on my sidewalk wearing a mask and no contact, I'm not interested.