1/ It's voter registration season and you—YOU!—dear reader are in a position to get a few extra votes locally. Here's how! pic.twitter.com/eN70Mc14Kb — ProofOfBurden (@ProofofBurden) August 10, 2022 Been meaning to share this, and now seems like a good time. Of course, we know all about this already (or do we?), but the full illustrated …
Open Thread: <em>Get Out the Vote – Here’s How!</em>Post + Comments (66)
4/ Debate club tactics are for convincing an audience—save them for your dirtbag leftist online nemesis. To convince a person who disagrees with you, you need to first validate where they are coming from
5/ A good example of this is “both parties are the same”! Validate that shit, even if you might add some nuance normally. “No, it’s frustrating, both parties are way too similar on tax policy.” The trick here is that you both have to believe this
6/ Another common argument is, “My vote doesn’t matter.” Validate that! “I’ve definitely voted in elections where it wasn’t close. It doesn’t always feel like its worth it.” That’s probably been true for every person reading this
7/ The psychology here is that by giving up something, you create a debt. They will feel like they need to acknowledge a strength on your side. (This only stretches so far, of course, but it’s a powerful rhetorical technique)
8/ To cash in on the debt, take some ground back. If they are worried both parties are the same, after validating them on an issue, put forward one they care about that you believe is different. Abortion, unions, SSM—anything you know they *want* to make a difference on
9/ For the vote doesn’t matter argument, there are so many examples of close elections, but I’ve been talking about the Georgia runoffs lately!
10/ Whatever reason they have, step 1: validate; step 2: take back ground. (If you really cannot validate the argument, the are not someone you’re liable to convince. Sorry, that’s the psychology we have!)
11/ If they are receptive—and they are not always going to be—you are a third of the way there. Next you got to get them on https://t.co/SjKxtRP97k. (So easy to remember!) Having your state stuff handy is good too. Putting this in people's hands gets you so much closer pic.twitter.com/R2lJ4LjWKI
— ProofOfBurden (@ProofofBurden) August 10, 2022
12/ There is a fine line between nagging and following up; you know your friends and just massage them as necessary. Don’t turn them off here, but there is a deadline
13/ Now, they might have brought up practical concerns about the logistics of voting back in the convincing stage, but either way, they need a concrete plan to vote
14/ The Dems have oodles of GOTV resources, but it comes down to a) do they know where to go and b) can they get there? If you can’t help, usually the party has people who will drive them
15/ Voting is not the most fun social activity you can do, but being a vote buddy is an underrated way to get people to turn out. It feels more social, it gives you something to do in line, if you do early voting precinct matters less, and they feel accountable to showing up
16/ I get really obnoxious about this this time of year. I have been known to try and get people I’m chatting with on Grindr to rethink their non-vote because I know I have an in with them: one of the parties really hates gay hookups. I’ve even succeeded!
17/17 Brace yourself for a lot of failures. Voting is a hassle, there’s a lot of steps, some people simply don’t wanna. But one success with a person who is somewhat aligned with your voting preferences doubles your electoral impact! DOUBLES!
Go get ’em