(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Ongoing Grassroots Canvassing in Arizona & Nevada [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-20 Hope Springs volunteers knocked on 32,663 doors last Saturday. But even though we had 2 more volunteers out, we knocked on more than 2,000 fewer doors! Who said it doesn’t matter that it’s hot?!? Volunteers talked to 2,436 voters , and 1,527 of those voters answered questions from at least part of the Issues Survey. Economic Uncertainty was the Number 1 issue for the Arizonans we talked to on Saturday. The war in Israel was the #2 issue voters raised. Lots and lots of comments there. Political Stability was the third most frequently raised issue on Saturday. Among the Arizonans we talked to Biden’s Job Approval was at 50%; 9% expressed some measure of Disapproval. 3% of the voters who responded Approved of the job Sen. Sinema was doing while 44% expressed Disapproval. It is important to remember that we are knocking on at least as many unaffiliated voters’ doors as Democrats. But given the interest in this race, we also ask about whether voters Approve of likely Democratic nominee Ruben Gallego. 53% of the voters we talked to had a positive impression of the Congressman. (We are not asking about disapproval of the Congressman yet.) 53% of the voters we talked to thought Gov. Hobbs was doing a good job, 7% said they disapproved of the job she was doing. Because some of our volunteers want to compare Sinema disapproval numbers to Rep. Ruben Gallego’s approval numbers, we include it here (as we will each week). Hope Springs from Field volunteers registered 4 new voters and re-registered 44 voters who updated their addresses (or updated their voter registration to participate in the Active Early Voting List — the latter skews the number higher). We differentiate between the new voters and re-registering voters because brand new voters are often ignored by campaigns and we hope to compensate for that somewhat by having volunteers send them post cards before the election and they will also receive robocalls thanking them for registering. In Arizona, we had 69 voters fill out Constituent Service Request forms. We send completed CSRs to Democratic elected officials responsible for the requested functions, but if the appropriate office is held by a Republican, we still send it along. For Democrats, though, we encourage them to reach out immediately to the voter who filled out the Constituent Service Request forms and let them know they are working on the issue. This credit-taking is enormously valuable to the Democratic office-holder. Hope Springs from Field PAC has been knocking on doors since March in a grassroots effort to prepare the 2024 Electoral Battleground in what has been called the First and Second Rounds of a traditional Five Round Canvass. We are canvassing Democrats and unaffiliated voters with a systematic approach that reminds them not only that Democrats care, but Democrats are determined to deliver the best government possible to all Americans. Obviously, we rely on grassroots support, so if you support field/grassroots organizing, voter registration (and follow-up), GOTV and our efforts to protect our voters, we would certainly appreciate your support: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hope4ohio Hope Springs from Field understands that volunteer to voter personal interactions are critical. Knocking on doors has repeatedly been found to be the most successful tactic to get voters to cast a ballot and that is the goal of what we do. 311 volunteers turned up to knock on doors in the Las Vegas and Reno region. They knocked on 23,138 doors and talked to 1,742 voters. 1,075 of those voters answered at least some of our questions on the Issues Survey. The Top 3 Issues canvassers found in Nevada last weekend were, first, the Economy. The conflict in Israel was the Second most frequently cited concern. Ongoing Labor Issues was third. Biden’s Approval numbers among the Nevadans we talked to was at 51% last Saturday, with a Disapproval number of 8%. Senator Rosen had an Approval rating of 66% with 7% of the voters we talked to on Saturday expressing Disapproval. Approval of Governor Lombardo was 31% and Disapproval was 33% last Saturday. May have been the closest differential between Lombardo’s Approval and Disapproval numbers since he was elected. Volunteers registered 4 new voters and re-registered 25 voters. We differentiate between the two because brand new voters are often ignored by campaigns and we hope to compensate for that somewhat by having volunteers send them post cards before the election and they are also getting robocalls thanking them for registering. But we are finding lots of teens who just turned legal age whose parents (primarily mothers) are insisting they register. 76 voters filled out Constituent Service Request forms. We send completed CSRs to Democratic elected officials responsible for the requested functions, but if there are no Democrats who can further the request, and the appropriate office is held by a Republican, we still send it along. For Democrats, though, we encourage them to reach out immediately to the voter who filled out the Constituent Service Request forms and let them know they are working on the issue. This credit-taking is enormously valuable to the Democratic office-holder. 1 voter filled out an Incident Report about issues they witnessed in a prior election. We continue to see voters who want to fill out an Incident Report but realize they didn’t actually witness something to report. Nevada and North Carolina seem to lead the states where we canvass in this regard. We have been building a database of Incident Reports, and reports we collected in Nevada have been used successfully to request a time extension for voters before a polling precinct closed. We knock on the doors of Democratic and Independent voters. At every door, we leave a piece of “show the flag” lit, something that tells them we were there and hopefully reinforces the Democratic brand. The lit focuses on the things voters told us were important to them last fall, aiming to appeal to every voter. 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