Different Campaign Styles
Sean has been personally on the campaign trail, knocking doors and attending public community events in August and September.
When door knocking, Sean announces that he is in the neighborhood using the Nextdoor app.
Sean wears and carries materials clearly identifying who he is and why he is at your door.
Sean hands campaign materials to constituents directly or leaves them behind only when someone asks him to (never using a drop-and-run approach or littering).
Sean stops to listen and answer questions (if you want)
Sean Diamond on the campaign trail: Sean clearly identifies himself when knocking on doors.
Fostering Community Conversations
In August, we’ve started to engage campaign volunteers, asking them to engage in conversations directly with friends and neighbors, providing volunteers with postcards in English and Spanish that provide a brief overview of the candidate.
Each postcard invites recipients to help spread the word (if they like what they learn) by passing along the information to another friend or neighbor.
Help spread the word: If you support independent thought and collection action, don’t throw out this card! Initial, date, and pass this card along to a friend or neighbor who you think may appreciate it.
Incumbent Campaign Chaos
Ahead of the primary election, I found a flier from the incumbent’s campaign committee on my doorstep with an impressive claim. However, I was confused by the fact that (despite working from home that day) we didn’t hear anyone knock on the door or ring the doorbell. Who would leave litter on my doorstep rather than stopping by to have an informative conversation?
Based on the content of the flier, I had to assume it was the incumbent himself … or perhaps we had simply not heard the doorbell ring? However, upon checking the doorbell camera, I discovered that it was someone (certainly not the incumbent) simply dropped off the flier and walked away without ever attempting to knock or ring.
Flier claiming that the incumbent visits “thousands of doors” in “every neighborhood” and “always listens” delivered (ironically?) by the incumbent’s campaign committee worker without any attempt to listen (or engage at all).
I try not to be overly presumptuous about anyone’s appearance or demeanor, but it was clear that this representative from the incumbent’s campaign committee was not dressed for door-knocking but rather a sprint from house to house to drop as much campaign litter (sorry “literature”) as possible across the neighborhood on behalf of the incumbent. From what I could see on my doorbell camera recording (triggered by the motion sensor), the campaign worker was on and off the porch in less than 6 seconds without even looking at the door or gesturing towards the doorbell.