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Originally Posted by Rathji
FYP
It will be a long time, if ever, before door knocking or other face to face meeting with constituents will not be the best way to gain individual votes.
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Absolutely. Just to mention, as a guy who has "been there" let me say something about door-knocking here. I hear a lot of people say things like "no one has ever come to my door" or "thats the only time...". People have to realise just how large a task it is to get to every door in a riding. Its possible if you start early and work really hard, but depending on the actual riding its probably not feasible. To hit 10-20,000 doors is an enormous amount of time and effort, and while I am a firm believer that it pays off, the whole thing can be derailed by a bad party campaign or policy platform.
If you live on a main drag you will get knocked all the time because they want sign locations, but if you're on a sleepy cul-de-sac chances aren't as high.