Thus spake Harmon Seaver (hseaver@cybershamanix.com) [28/04/04 11:40]: : > "Hi, Sir, my name is Bob and I'm here to educate you about all the : > candidates in the upcoming election that your eight second attention span : > will allow me. Oops, I guess I've used it all up. Bye now!" : > : > These things all work in theory, but never in practice. : : You obviously have never done any door-to-door. People are quite often very : interested. We've had fairly good success organizing people on local issues : which affect them, like opposition to street widening. Voter registration is the : same thing. Actually, I /have/ done door-to-door. Granted, it's not extensive, but I have been involved in a few campaigns. In a good neighbourhood, we'd get about 3/4 of the people who would care enough or have enough time at that moment to listen/contribute. : > Why bother putting something up in a library? Chances are, if someone's : > reading it there, they're already somewhat knowledgable about the : > candidates. Or heck, maybe they're even there to do /research/ on them! : : The mention was "giving talks in libraries", which works fairly well. The : local library is the logical meeting place for local groups to hold meetings and : talks. Yes, it does, so long as you get people there. It's the getting people there that's difficult. I s'pose a door-to-door campaign advertising a speaking at the library would be best.