Margin of Error or Margin of Effort?
As the general election looms large in all of our minds these final weeks, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg had this response when asked by Chris Hayes what Indivisible is recommending that people do if they’re feeling a lot of anxiety about the outcome of the election or spending too much time watching the polls.
“When an election is within the margin of error, it is also within the margin of effort and the margin of effort is fundamentally is how many voters do we contact, how many conversations we have, how many people turn out.
What we know is there is no better cure for that anxiety, there’s no better cure for that sense of dread than getting out there and talking to some actual voters. You have interesting conversations but more important, you’re actually doing something and you can feel the progress you’re making on the ground. . . . But get started somewhere.”
So if that’s you and you’re not sure what to do, Indivisible has tools to match you up with voters in your immediate neighborhood, to contact voters in LD-5 or CD-8 or if you’re Interested in helping turn out Blue voters in swing states, we can help you contact voters there, too. Here’s a menu of opportunities for YOUR Margin of Effort in these weeks leading up to November 5th!
- Sign up for Neighbor2Neighbor to talk to 10 Dem-leaning voters in your neighborhood. People are far more influenced by friends and neighbors than whatever is being presented via media. Then stay tuned for more information soon about the Neighbor2Neighbor Weekend of Action October 25-28.
- Reach out to Swing State friends on Facebook to let them know about Neighbor2Neighbor.
- Send out your invitation this week for Ballot Parties to make voting fun. The weekend of October 26-27 is great timing for people to gather to ask questions, fill out their ballots and enjoy being together. A great antidote for election angst!
- Support Bill Ramos, Lisa Callan and Victoria Hunt in LD5. (Go to the candidate pages to request location information)
- Canvasses Saturday 10/19 at 10 am & Sunday 10/20 at 1pm
- Phone banks Tuesday 10/15 and Thursday 10/17 from 5-8pm
- Support Dr Kim Schrier in CD-8.
- Postcards weekly on Thursdays, 3-5pm – In person or virtual
- Phonebanks weekly on Thursdays 5-8pm – In person or virtual
- Canvasses weekly on
- Join a Harris-Walz Voter Protection Phone Bank to call likely Democratic votes in the most crucial states across the country to counter undemocratic attacks on their fundamental freedom to vote in this election. Excellent training and easy-to-use scripts are offered at the beginning of each phone bank
- Join Indivisible National for Phone Banks into Swing States.
