If anybody's looking for me on a Saturday afternoon in September, October, or the beginning of November,
A day of canvassing starts with a meet-up at a designated spot, maybe the house of a Hillary volunteer or outside the library, After receiving our packets, partners, and instructions for the day, we head out to our assigned neighborhood, ..in pleasant weather, sweltering late summer heat, To get the optimum efficiency my partners and I generally opt to divide our packets between us, each covering a half of the area by ourselves rather than both of us staying on the same street. We're expected to get our packet finished in three hours, though it generally takes me longer to get my half done. After they've answered my questions people often have a few of their own, or just want to talk for a bit.
Even though I'm walking alone, I've never felt afraid canvassing here in Gahanna; people are generally nice whether we're on the same political side or not. There was one exception, however, a middle-aged lady in an affluent neighborhood who, as soon as I said, "Hi, my name is Patti, I'm a volunteer with the Hillary campaign, and I was wondering if..." shouted "NO!" and slammed the door in my face but not before letting out two of the biggest, angriest, barking-est beagle dogs - okay, they were only beagles, but they were big! and mad! - who chased me down the driveway and continued barking at me as I hurried down the block. They must have been hard-core Trump beagles.
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