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138. I don't want to argue the point with you. However,

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:23 PM

Oct 2013

you asked for opinions and you got them.

I am glad that you believe in something so much that you'd devote your time, effort, and I'm sure money to it. But that is all beside the point.

Many people, myself included, view their homes as a sanctuary from the outside world. Most of us work, or are busy trying to find work, and are deluged with ads and scams and people trying to sell us something, etc. It is incessant.

When we finally make it home and settle down for the evening, able to carve out some personal time for ourselves and our families after a long day, the last thing we want is someone intruding on that.

As I said before, I don't want uninvited people coming by my house period, day or night. I view them as telemarketers in person. If you want to influence my vote (or talk to me about God, or my windshield on my car, or my roof, or some magazine subscriptions you need to have some trip to Hawaii), send me a letter. I'll read it, or not, and reply, or not, at my discretion.

Intruding into my personal space, my property, my home, especially after dark, is not the way to go and could be dangerous as well.

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How do you react when I knock your door after dark with election materials in hand? [View all] struggle4progress Oct 2013 OP

Related article below Tx4obama Oct 2013 #1

Yeah. Nobody's ever pulled a gun on me. Yet. Now and then, I'll knock a door struggle4progress Oct 2013 #5

I do not like it when anyone I don't know knocks on my door after dark. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #2

I usually only knock doors after dark in bad neighborhoods. In the better neighborhoods, struggle4progress Oct 2013 #9

I agree, with one exception, Halloween. Jenoch Oct 2013 #106

Oh, of course! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #107

It would be awfully hard to knock on my door... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #3

I haven't learned how to break into garages yet. So you're safe for now struggle4progress Oct 2013 #14

000000h yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #18

I will give you a cookie after telling you what a good job you are doing. we can do it Oct 2013 #4

om! nom! nom! nom! struggle4progress Oct 2013 #13

I won't answer any knock on my door after dark. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #6

Even if it's Penny? nt Wwagsthedog Oct 2013 #20

Even if it's Dave and he's got the stuff. n/t winter is coming Oct 2013 #40

"Dave's not here!" struggle4progress Oct 2013 #43

^^ this ^^ Myrina Oct 2013 #29

That is actually closer to my answer. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #91

Depends on how far after dark Warpy Oct 2013 #7

A few weeks back, I was staying out until 7:30 or 7:45 but now I knock off around 7:00 struggle4progress Oct 2013 #11

After dark? Raleigh has had some wacky... WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #8

It sounds like you live near our Governor's Mansion struggle4progress Oct 2013 #23

Can't it just be during the day? NuclearDem Oct 2013 #10

Lots of folk aren't home until after 5:30, and sunset was around 6:30 today struggle4progress Oct 2013 #15

I will attempt (probably unsuccessfully) to hide my petronius Oct 2013 #12

I guess I could deliver a free pizza to every door I knock, but I can't afford it right now: struggle4progress Oct 2013 #19

I always hide the stash. What? You could be the Mormons from down the street. DevonRex Oct 2013 #16

A lot of folk, who are obviously home, don't answer their doors even in broad daylight struggle4progress Oct 2013 #33

I stopped after an uncomfortable encounter. DevonRex Oct 2013 #74

I wish some of the people I've known were that cautious struggle4progress Oct 2013 #85

I'm probably the only one that picked that I'd give you a beer and sandwhich kydo Oct 2013 #17

If anybody ever offers me food, I'll remember that : "Wait! This could be kydo the serial killer!" struggle4progress Oct 2013 #22

or kydo the cool person with beer food and football kydo Oct 2013 #26

Soliciting after dark? enlightenment Oct 2013 #21

I'M NOT SOLICITING! struggle4progress Oct 2013 #24

But I don't know that, do I? enlightenment Oct 2013 #25

I certainly shouldn't give you grief for being careful about opening your door to strangers struggle4progress Oct 2013 #30

It's just my opinion. enlightenment Oct 2013 #34

I generally knock in the dusk, before the afterglow has entirely faded struggle4progress Oct 2013 #36

Sounds like the best method. enlightenment Oct 2013 #50

Do you look like a process server through the peekhole? antiquie Oct 2013 #101

No. But every now and then, somebody leaves by the back door anyway struggle4progress Oct 2013 #103

I feel the same way about it. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #92

if you are coming to ask for my vote ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2013 #98

You can use the word however you like, I suppose, but its legal sense here, as I understand it, struggle4progress Oct 2013 #104

If you're knocking on my door and i don't know you Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #139

You can use the word however you like, I suppose, but its legal sense here, as I understand it, struggle4progress Oct 2013 #141

In North Tampa it seriously would depend on the time Johnny Ready Oct 2013 #27

Even in the summertime, with long days, I've never knocked a door after 9:00 PM: a number of folk struggle4progress Oct 2013 #32

I don't talk Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #28

My average contact might be about sixty seconds. I figure folk didn't invite me, struggle4progress Oct 2013 #41

No offense but I'd tell you to take a hike regardless of who you're canvassing for. last1standing Oct 2013 #31

Maybe about one in a hundred of the people, who actually answer the door, tell me to get lost: struggle4progress Oct 2013 #35

That is a bit strange. lol. last1standing Oct 2013 #38

No. You're not alone. Plenty of folk, who are obviously at home, just don't answer the door struggle4progress Oct 2013 #46

I walk the streets of Detroit at night quite often and have never had a problem. last1standing Oct 2013 #48

I would be somewhat upset. oneshooter Oct 2013 #37

I encountered a house with a locked gate yesterday here in the city struggle4progress Oct 2013 #42

There is a telephone at the gate, and a video camera in a tree. oneshooter Oct 2013 #100

That's pretty much the way it would go at my house also ..... oldhippie Oct 2013 #44

Activate the trap door pintobean Oct 2013 #39

Other - I don't open the door but your free to leave the materials in the mailbox. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #45

I'm won't leave materials in your mailbox: I prefer under your mat or rolled into the door handle struggle4progress Oct 2013 #47

thats fine too. I actually have a box on the porch for stuff like this & flyers to new sushi places. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #49

If Honey BooBoo's not on, no problem. rug Oct 2013 #51

Writing note to self: don't interrupt rug's Honey BooBoo time struggle4progress Oct 2013 #62

Thank you. rug Oct 2013 #63

As long as your not selling Religion or magazines, you've got my attention for a while. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #52

I'd be a shizzy door-to-door salesman, and I really can't imagine doing that Mormon/Watchtower thing struggle4progress Oct 2013 #57

Oh hi, always happy to meet another animal lover! Fumesucker Oct 2013 #53

Nice goggie! struggle4progress Oct 2013 #65

If I'm not alone and you identify as supporting a Democrat, Welcome! REP Oct 2013 #54

This is a "non-partisan" municipal election, and the top two vote-getters in each primary slot struggle4progress Oct 2013 #60

I have two attack kittehs. Brigid Oct 2013 #55

I don't have pets, but I meet them regularly doing this, and they're almost always quite friendly struggle4progress Oct 2013 #59

I make sure to vote for the other candidate (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #56

It's rare, but people do tell me that sometimes struggle4progress Oct 2013 #58

That didn't look like "election materials" to me jberryhill Oct 2013 #61

You just haven't kept up with the latest in modern electioneering struggle4progress Oct 2013 #64

My background in electoral engineering is out of date jberryhill Oct 2013 #66

I don't care what time of day it is--my reaction is the same mnhtnbb Oct 2013 #67

If you say you don't want us knocking your door, I'll make every effort to get your name off my list struggle4progress Oct 2013 #69

After dark here in the winter is about 3:30 p.m. Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #68

"It can't really be 11:00 PM! Look! The sun's still up!" struggle4progress Oct 2013 #125

Yes, that's the way it is. Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #135

With shock LWolf Oct 2013 #70

If your place is that hard to find, you're not on my walklist: I have a limit to how much time struggle4progress Oct 2013 #73

It is that hard. LWolf Oct 2013 #96

I tell you to get the hell off my property, Skip Intro Oct 2013 #71

If I'm going thru a walklist, I'm going to try to break at a natural spot: I'd rather finish a page, struggle4progress Oct 2013 #72

It doesn't revolve around what you want Skip Intro Oct 2013 #75

"Sunset was about half an hour ago, and I really should quit. I won't finish these doors tonight." struggle4progress Oct 2013 #124

I don't want to argue the point with you. However, Skip Intro Oct 2013 #138

What a sad thread. Ron Green Oct 2013 #76

I might be able to count on one hand the number of times I've been told in years of door-knocking struggle4progress Oct 2013 #79

especially those bragging about needing to answer the door armed... dionysus Oct 2013 #133

In my years of doing this, I've only heard people mention guns two or three times -- and always struggle4progress Oct 2013 #149

Then I wonder what explains so many DU members being hostile in this way? Ron Green Oct 2013 #153

It's an internet message board. All manner of persons post here with all manner of motives struggle4progress Oct 2013 #155

"No thanks. Goodnight." *slowly close door* nt Deep13 Oct 2013 #77

That you're not working in an official capacity for a campaign frazzled Oct 2013 #78

I'm an unpaid volunteer. But I've done this for years for some well-organized campaigns. struggle4progress Oct 2013 #80

Election day is Nov. 5 and it gets dark early in November. ucrdem Oct 2013 #145

Too many people think these local elections don't matter struggle4progress Oct 2013 #160

If you are a Democrat, which you are bound to be in my neighborhood, I thank you for JDPriestly Oct 2013 #81

I'm pushing Progressive Dems struggle4progress Oct 2013 #84

I live rural, so if someone I don't know ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #82

Your neighborhood is probably too sparse for me. I want to be able to park on the road, struggle4progress Oct 2013 #83

I'm sure you are correct. ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #87

What do you get when you cross a Jehovah's Witness with a Hell's Angel? Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #86

What a great idea! I drive onto the lawn on my chopper, bang the door, and tell them struggle4progress Oct 2013 #113

I really have to commend you for what you're doing steve2470 Oct 2013 #88

For many of my efforts, I'll get better responses by "dressing down" struggle4progress Oct 2013 #114

I don't answer the door for strangers after dark. LeftyMom Oct 2013 #89

I do what I can to be considerate. Different people are different. I don't know them all, struggle4progress Oct 2013 #110

I tell political and religious people "thanks but I'm fine" LittleBlue Oct 2013 #90

I've heard "I'm fine" from time to time struggle4progress Oct 2013 #111

Unless you like to be barked and growled at and surrounded by super protective dogs Jamastiene Oct 2013 #93

Tell them it's too early for Trick or Treaters! B Calm Oct 2013 #94

I doubt I'll be door knocking on the 31st struggle4progress Oct 2013 #115

After determining that you are not selling something (easy what with the campaign lit & buttons)... Hekate Oct 2013 #95

I encounter somebody unpleasant now and then. It's rare, and it's impossible to decide struggle4progress Oct 2013 #108

I will look on your treasures Gypsy datasuspect Oct 2013 #97

Might could be yer disappointed, according to what yer hopin t'find struggle4progress Oct 2013 #118

Your question is why I do all my canvassing on weekends, MineralMan Oct 2013 #99

Every door I knock during the week lets somebody else knock another door on the weekend struggle4progress Oct 2013 #120

That raises a question PATRICK Oct 2013 #102

I find most people are polite struggle4progress Oct 2013 #121

I don't open my door after dark shanti Oct 2013 #105

Some states or municipalities might have solicitation laws or ordinances that apply struggle4progress Oct 2013 #122

I don't answer knocks on my door when it gets dark outside. mulsh Oct 2013 #109

I suspect lots of us do that sometimes struggle4progress Oct 2013 #123

My dog is nearly 100 lbs - good luck. TBF Oct 2013 #112

My usual concern about dogs is that I don't let them out struggle4progress Oct 2013 #119

We only have fenced back yards here - TBF Oct 2013 #132

one of these guys knocked on my door so hard that I had palpitations librechik Oct 2013 #116

I don't like when they come to my door or call me. bigwillq Oct 2013 #117

Real politics involves actual contact with people struggle4progress Oct 2013 #126

Chris Christie is coming to your door tonight bigwillq Oct 2013 #127

Just tell me what time: I'll make sure some folk are here who want to talk with him struggle4progress Oct 2013 #128

Do not knock on a door with election materials in hand SheilaT Oct 2013 #129

I agree that daytime knocking can sometimes give good contact rates struggle4progress Oct 2013 #143

If they're GOP or Tea Party materials, I'll chase you off with the water hose, LOL Erose999 Oct 2013 #130

my dog would give you my answer. madrchsod Oct 2013 #131

After dark's currently around 6:30pm here and getting progressively earlier, so meh. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #134

Yeah, by the end of the month, sunset here will be 6:15 PM, and when Daylight Savings Time ends struggle4progress Oct 2013 #142

I do not answer the door to unexpected unknown visitors. MadrasT Oct 2013 #136

I think it's incredibly rude to intrude in people's lives noamnety Oct 2013 #137

Folk who don't want their doors knocked can always put a Keep Out sign at the lot edge, or struggle4progress Oct 2013 #140

I view the ESP this way: noamnety Oct 2013 #148

Or -- since a number of people I spoke with this week were glad to see me, asked questions struggle4progress Oct 2013 #154

I'm not debating free speech rights noamnety Oct 2013 #156

I'm pretty sure almost everybody recovers quickly from whatever trauma I inflict struggle4progress Oct 2013 #159

I understand your view is that it's a one minute interruption. noamnety Oct 2013 #161

the fundamental roots of grassroots democracy is going door to door - that is the historic method of Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #144

Yes, it's a decline of ancient tradition and family values noamnety Oct 2013 #147

I work nights too- quite frequently - if one must not be disturbed - I have at times used a "do not Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #150

that whole thing is probably perceived differently by men. noamnety Oct 2013 #151

oh - I get that Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #152

Results also vary according to walklist quality struggle4progress Oct 2013 #157

I'd wanna know how the hell you got past the gate Rstrstx Oct 2013 #146

After dark, I would not answer the door. I'd be very alarmed. Ino Oct 2013 #158