The 50 State Canvass

I went out to participate in the canvass today and me and my new buddy Steve had a whole precinct to ourselves. We were targeting unaffiliated voters and Democrats who don't vote in primaries. Mostly it involved a lot of lit drops but every so often I'd find someone working in their front yards (beautiful sunny day here) and hand it to them personally. One such encounter was with a guy who had a U (unaffiliated) by his name on my list but who proceeded to announce he was a Republican (his wife chimed in as such too) but after a little discussion admitted he was really more of an Independent. It was refreshing that, unlike my experience in Ohio on election day in 2004, where I was screamed at by a Republican woman, who was OUTRAGED that I was out doing GOTV, this was a pleasant and civil encounter.

Part of me wants to think that, after all, we are all just Americans seek a decent and honorable co-existance when we get past the politics. The other part of me knows better.