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Door-to-door canvassing can be intimidating – but it’s also a source of hope | Saul Austerlitz
Questions about the efficacy of door-knocking feel valid. But I see it as a weapon against autocracy – and a spiritual workout In the fall of 2024, I spotted a middle-aged couple standing on their front lawn in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. I waved and gingerly approached. The woman, whose name appeared in my canvassing app, told me she had never voted in an election before, had never seen politics as relevant to her life. And her husband, she said, was a lifelong Republican. But after the return…
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