Door to door to door
Aug. 25th, 2015 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyI did my first night out canvassing (for the NDP, if anyone's wondering—my local incumbent MP who's been pretty decent). Always an interesting experience going door-to-door.
I met mostly nice people, including the other volunteers. As you might guess, the party grassroots are a lot more progressive than the top brass.
I met a rabid Thatcherite who wanted to, quote, "crush the unions and send them back to hell where they came from." She was scary. She slammed the door on us and I thought she might spit.
I met a scary guy who looked like Walter White from Breaking Bad but with more piercings and tattoos. Which was pretty funny actually.
I got all the volunteers talking about the purge of pro-Palestinian candidates. I was the most knowledgable about the issue, so it was good that I was there when it came up—surprisingly—at the door. But since no one seemed to know much about it, I sent along some information and I think I got people thinking and debating at least. This, along with the community policing policy and a rightward turn on economic issues is my main beef with the party at the moment, but I truly believe that the perfect is the enemy of the good, and if we have a chance to defeat Harper, we need to jump on it.
Going out again next Tuesday. I think my riding is pretty safe, but to be honest, the current regime is so terrifying that if we get another Tory government I won't be able to look my kids in the eye if I don't do everything in my power to prevent it.
I met mostly nice people, including the other volunteers. As you might guess, the party grassroots are a lot more progressive than the top brass.
I met a rabid Thatcherite who wanted to, quote, "crush the unions and send them back to hell where they came from." She was scary. She slammed the door on us and I thought she might spit.
I met a scary guy who looked like Walter White from Breaking Bad but with more piercings and tattoos. Which was pretty funny actually.
I got all the volunteers talking about the purge of pro-Palestinian candidates. I was the most knowledgable about the issue, so it was good that I was there when it came up—surprisingly—at the door. But since no one seemed to know much about it, I sent along some information and I think I got people thinking and debating at least. This, along with the community policing policy and a rightward turn on economic issues is my main beef with the party at the moment, but I truly believe that the perfect is the enemy of the good, and if we have a chance to defeat Harper, we need to jump on it.
Going out again next Tuesday. I think my riding is pretty safe, but to be honest, the current regime is so terrifying that if we get another Tory government I won't be able to look my kids in the eye if I don't do everything in my power to prevent it.
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Date: 2015-08-26 10:44 pm (UTC)