Yesterday I participated in an interesting canvassing experiment sponsored by Indivisible. I was sent online a list of 10 near (like almost next door!) neighbors which their data nerds thought should be turned out to support Prop. 50. I found 3 clear YES voters, talked to one probable NO voter -- didn't find the others. I left explanatory leaflets I had printed out where I could.
Not bad.
The list wasn't as clear or useful as it might have been; whoever created it listed each door as "LastName:Household" (for example "Vasquez household") -- not particularly useful in a place where many of my neighbors are Spanish speaking couples who use different last names. And others live in group apartments with multiple residents and multiple last names.
Still, this is a promising canvass plan when there are lots of volunteers who can be organized online to do small chunks of work.
I was pleased to notice this sign on one of these households. Somehow, I'd missed it previously. That can happen when you get to know your neighbors.
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