On AlterNet: canvassing

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "canvassing"

Care About the Election? Start Knocking on Doors

Paul Rogat Loeb, AlterNet. October 16, 2008.

Many of us root for our candidate as if for a sports team, while doing relatively little to affect the outcome. We must work to mobilize voters.

This Country Needs Change: Why I Drove to Nevada to Knock on 51 Doors in 115 Degree Heat

Patricia McBride, AlterNet. October 1, 2008.

I drove to Las Vegas, along with hundreds of other Southern Californians, to help register voters and canvass from door to door.

Do You Have a Minute to Save Progressive Politics?

Greg Bloom, In These Times. October 19, 2006.

With low wages, long hours, and constant uphill battles, the canvassing industry is burning out progressive youth, and progressive organizations are fighting attempts to change the system.