Phonebank for Lamont with Move On's Help

I've spent about an hour this morning phone banking for Lamont via the magic of Move On. Join the party!

So far my responses are running Ned by about a third. One woman I called knew nothing about "the other guy" and will vote for Lieberman because he has a nice smile, kind eyes and a pleasant voice. She also thought that he was honest. That probably explains why everyone who stumps for Lieberman never fails to mention what a good/nice man he is. It's a better tactic than mentioning his voting record - unless you're talking to Republicans.

I'm also getting some "mind your own business" calls. They're the worst.

Back to the phones!

UPDATE: I just talked to a woman who said "I can't understand why people won't forgive Joe and move on. People forgave Kerry. People forgave, what's her name? Hillary." It's not my job to persuade and I wouldn't think of disagreeing with people I cold call anyway, so I just made sympathetic sounds and agreed that it's important to vote. She's 89 and never misses a vote. Good for her.

UPDATE: Okay, so that was about 90 minutes of calling. I attempted to reach 108 Dem voters and got through to 25. Most people weren't home. Lamont got the most yes votes, but I didn't keep track of the numbers. Dems voting for the Republican in the Congressional race (Simmons - R/Courtney - D) all picked Lieberman in the primary. Undecideds in the Congressional race split.

I'll call more people later.

Comments

[KathyF]

Don't let phone banks fill you with false optimism. Our phone banking had us at 80%, we lost with 43%.

People have a strong urge to tell you what you want to hear. Or they say they will vote and then they don't. Only about 15-20% vote in a primary, although Conn.'s may get more, as it's so high profile.

[eRobin]

Plus my sample space is too small to mean anything. But I did think it was interesting that the Dems I spoke to who are voting for the GOP guy for Congress are all voting for Lieberman.

I'll tell you why I'm really excited about this race - CT, god bless the SecSt, votes on their old machines. This election won't be destroyed by the unverifiability of paperless machines.