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[MineralMan]

19. Yes, it's difficult to get volunteers for GOTV campaigns.

No question about it. I'm not sure how to solve that problem. For years, I've done door-to-door canvassing in the precincts where I have lived. Rarely is there anyone else willing to come along, which has always frustrated me. What that means is that, even though I walk every block in the precinct and knock on every door, I often don't have time to go back through and canvass the people who weren't there the first time. In some nearby precincts, nobody canvasses at all.

So, the end result that my precinct has a higher turnout than the ones not canvassed. I bring that up at our district conventions, but I still can't get people to volunteer, even those who talk up GOTV, but won't put their time where their mouths are.

GOTV works. Canvassing works. For every election, I register people who have recently moved into the precinct, explain where the polling place is, and have actually seen some of them on election day at the polling place. I talk to everyone I can in the precinct and help them understand why voting in that election is important to their interests. I consider my job to be getting people to the voting booth.

I don't know if I'll be able to do that in 2018. I'm in my 70s. My hips hurt after walking a certain distance. I'll try, though, because nobody else probably will.

I'll just keep on trying to convince people that GOTV matters, if people actually get involved in it. Meeting people face to face, listening to them and helping them understand the issues seems to work best. Phone-banking is a distant second to that personal canvassing. Face time matters in politics. Everyone knows that, but few want to do the work.