/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

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Tomorrow is March 22nd, and there are caucuses in Utah and Idaho and a primary in Arizona. Idaho is, judging by the polls, the most favorable to Bernie already, and Arizona has the biggest delegate count by far. With that in mind, tomorrow we should bomb Arizona with calls reminding people to get out to the primaries and vote. They close at 8:30 Arizona time (GMT-7) so we can call all day until then.

Idaho and Utah favor Bernie:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/id/idaho_democratic_presidential_caucus-5801.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ut/utah_democratic_presidential_caucus-5766.html

Arizona STRONGLY favors Clinton:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/az/arizona_democratic_presidential_primary-5466.html

Your calls will make the difference in tipping the balance. Michigan had Clinton up by 20 points and he still won:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/mi/michigan_democratic_presidential_primary-5224.html

I'd really like to help out but I don't know if I can handle this without feeling sleazy. These are the kind of assholes that I hang up on immediately if they ever call me up.

>>610807

I used to do this a lot in highschool and they eventually had to pay me to stay.

Anything for the cause though

I phonebanked for Obama in 2012 (I was still a liberal at the time, got redpilled in mid-late 2013) and it was the most boring experience of my life. Literally no one was home except for one woman who screamed at me over the phone. Somebody's gotta do it, but I'll sit out, sorry guys.

Bernie volunteers will also be on the ground in Arizona getting out the vote. I'm not sure what this entails, exactly, but I know your calls help them in some way, so feel a sense of camaraderie when you hit that Undecided button.

>>610807

You will get hung up on a lot. You're not targeting people who aren't interested in your call. You're looking for people who are undecided but interested in getting out to vote, and strong Bernie supporters who need help getting to the polls/caucus. The latter will thank you for what you're doing. I've had many an old lady say kind words on my behalf after I told her her caucus location and I've only been doing this two days. Phone banking isn't about selling something. You are trying to help the kinds of people who do want your call.

>tfw you kinda want to phonebank for Bernie, but his foreign policy is hot garbage

Why the fuck can't we have Corbyn? I'd volunteer for him in a heartbeat.

>>610811

I used to be a libertarian, and I just shilled on both sides. It really is horrible, so I applaud anyone with the heart to do this.

Also I recommend trying to find a local young dems/bernie support chapter and do this with some friends at least.

>>610816

Gotta crawl before we walk. UK has had a more recent history of having a semi-competent labor/socialist movement: the US has not. If Sanders can make a splash at the very least, it will show that the position is viable in the public mind.

>>610823

well that's cool for America, but it's not enough to get me to volunteer for the guy. it was conflicting enough voting for him.

>>610838

If you don't mind moving the discussion to the American Politics thread I'd be interested in what exactly about his foreign policy you dislike.

>>610842

I think he's improving slightly now that he has some actual advisors to school him on the current situation, but his premise of "Saudi Arabia and Turkey need to invade Syria" is fucking insane. He never mentions Kurds. His history on foreign policy is mixed. I wish we could go back to the Sanders who supported the Sandinistas, and have him update his opinions for the current era. Instead we have a guy whose passion on foreign issues has clearly eroded over the years.

>>610796

Script for Non-English Speakers

We can still phone bank today, the day of the primary, but this will still be relevant as we move out to the rest of the states. In nearly every state, Spanish is the second most spoken language, followed by German. In two hours of phone banking in Kansas, I met three Spanish speakers and one Vietnamese speaker, so it will happen that you meet someone you don't share a common language with. Here's how to handle them:

Spanish: Lo siento. No hablo español. Yo soy un/a voluntario/a de la campaña de Bernie Sanders. ¿Podemos volver a llamarte más tarde? [Wait for a response, yes or no]. Gracias, adios.

'German: Es tut mir Leid. Ich spreche kein Deutsch. Ich bin ein Freiwilliger für die Bernie Sanders-Kampagne. Wollen Sie uns Sie zurückrufen später? [Wait for a response, yes or no]. Danke, auf Wiedersehen.

March 26th Phone Banking

Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington all vote on Saturday, the 26th. Hawaii's second most spoken is actually Tagalog, not Spanish. Alaska's is Yupik. Washington's third most spoken isn't German, but Vietnamese. Unfortunately, I don't have any familiarity with these languages and don't know anyone who does, either, who could help us out. If you know, it'd be great if you could write us a script.

April Phone Banking

There are four states that vote in April: Wyoming, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New York. Wyoming and Wisconsin hold nothing new. The third most spoken language in Pennsylvania, however is Italian. In New York, it's Mandarin. Again, if someone knows Mandarin who could help us out, that'd be awesome.

NYC is gonna be a doozy. It's the most linguistically diverse city on Earth. Nearly half of all NYC residents speak different language at home. They're probably bilingual, but many are not (http://www.wnyc.org/story/255668-blog-census-languages-new-yorkers-speak/), so we'll need really need to be able to know how to get them connected with the right person to convert them GOTV.

Italian: Mi dispiace. Non parlo italiano. Sono un volontario per la campagna Bernie Sacnders. Possiamo richiamare più tardi? [Wait for a response, yes or no] Grazie, arrivederci.

Russian: Prosti. Ya ne govoryu po-russki. Ya dobrovolets dlya kampaniya Bernie Sanders. Mozhem li my nazvat' pozzhe? [Wait for a response, yes or no] Spasibo, proshchay.

French: Je suis désolé. Je ne parle pas français. Je suis un volontaire pour la campagne du Bernie Sanders. Pouvons-nous vous téléphoner plus tard? [Wait for a response, yes or no] Merci, au revoir.

We still need scripts for:

- Tagalog

- Mandarin

- Vietnamese

- any other popular language you speak that you see in the link

And I need a proof read on the Russian one. I'm confident in my Italian and French.

>>611100

Mandarin would be something like:

Nǐ hǎo. Wǒ bù huì shuō zhōngwén. Wǒ shì Bernie Sanders de Zhìyuàn zhě. Wǒ kěyǐ dài huì er huí diànhuà gěi nǐ ma？ [Wait for a response.] Xièxiè. Zàijiàn.

Alright, folks, I'm gonna start digging into Arizona. We've got eight and a half hours to get people ready for the caucus. Word is that Clinton has already conceded Utah and Idaho to those in the know.

>>611882

for the primary, rather*

>>611882

I'm doing Arizona, too. Anyone else having trouble connecting to someone? I wait for more than a minute and then switch to "not ready" for a minute and then back to "ready", and still nothing. Hope you have better luck than I am! Here's the script I wrote for myself that I'm using.

Arizona Phone Banking Script

Good afternoon/evening. Is this ___?

If you find them:

Great! I'm ___. I'm a volunteer with the Bernie Sanders campaign. Can we count on you to vote for Senator Sanders in today's primary?

If no: Altighty! Thank you for your time. Take care.

If yes: Excellent!

The primary is open until 7 pm. Will you vote in the afternoon or the evening? [Wait for response] Great! Do you know your primary location?

If yes: Awesome!

If no: If you give me your home address, I can help you find it. Or, you can go to vote.berniesanders.com/AZ and enter your address and find it there.

It should be pretty close to where you live, like at a school or something. Will you walk there or drive? [Wait for response]

Fantastic! So, to confirm, you will (walk/drive) to your primary location to vote in the (afternoon/evening) for Senator Bernie Sanders, with your ID in hand? Great! Turn-out is high and it's expected to be a tight race. We're counting on your vote to bring Bernie to victory. Thank you for being a voter and for your kindness and patience. We'll call you again sometime. Take care, bye!

>>611930

Yeah, the Arizona caller doesn't seem to be working, which is unfortunate. I've been calling into Utah in the meantime. I've found out that if you click on "bernie livevox" you can change service without logging back in.

>>611941

That's so precious, oh my god.

>>611942

Oh wow, thanks! I'll be hitting up Utah, too, then. Someone let us know when Arizona's back to normal.

tbh, arizona is a lost cause, just fighting for margins here, 26% behind in latest polls…

>>611947

hey remember that time the polls said bernie was behind by alot and then he won

or that time that said he was ahead and then he lost

or that time you're a fucking idiot because you believe in the narrative created by porky's "polls"

>>611947

I thought he climbed up to only being behind by 5%? Besides, Arizona has the most delegates at stake. We're trying to find Bernie voters and then help get them out to vote (e.g., help them make a plan). If Bernie gets killed here, it hurts him more than huge wins in Utah and Idaho help him.

>>611946

I have to imagine it will be fixed in an hour and a half because like I said, 2 PM is when the phone banks start up.

The message I'm getting from the registered independents in Utah is that they were told by the news that only Democrats could vote in the caucus today. Utah has an open caucus, so I'm not sure why they were told that.

>>611980

Who owns the local news?

>>611980

>Bobby Intern gets told to call the democrat precinct to see who can vote and who can't

>Some Hill Shill Or it could just as well be another ignorant intern but given the way the rest of the election is going… tells them only registered voters can vote

>Idiots at local news report what they've been told because they're completely ignorant themselves

>>611987

Well, it's our job to call them personally and make sure they know they can vote.

>>611989

Yeah, no, I get you

>>611987

can you believe it….

advice to check out this

i wonder how many people are scared shitless by her and do everything to stay out of trouble whilst preffering sanders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGzrvn7dCiI

>>612001

yeah, I can believe it

>>612001

>Implying Bernie doesn't have a gulag list

The first pic feels like a /pol/ack made it to troll and didn't think we would find it funny.

>>612018

I'm not a /pol/ack. It's supposed to be funny.

>>612020

Good news: I thought it was funny, and endearing as a bonus.

Arizona is back, boys. Hit it.

Welp, looks like it's back down. I saw calls going through on BerniePB and was able to get one myself (no answer), but now nothing. Hope they get that sorted out soon.

Arizona's open for real, had an actual conversation. Told you it'd be fixed by 2PM.

>>612090

Excellent! Thanks, comrade. Hop to, everyone.

Alright, the wait times are getting longer and I'm getting a lot of people saying they're getting multiple calls from us today, so I'm done for the day. Apparently the lines at the polling places in Arizona are insane and turnout could be up to 60 or 65% in the most populous county. I doubt we're going to get any more people out there, and even if we did, it would take hours for them to vote.

>>612300

Holy fuck. Wobblyposter, you're a hero. Thank you for your service to the working class and being a messenger for us less connected.

>>612316

Not me, us.

We won Idaho and Utah! Thanks for your phonebanking efforts, guys. Still to come are North Dakota (April 1st), Wisconsin (April 5th), and Colorado (April 9th). We should call into those states next and next week we will also hit up Wyoming and New York.

The polls had Sanders up in Idaho by 2 points. He won by 57 points. They had him up by 8 points in Utah. He won by 60 points. Phonebanking WORKS. We need your help for the states to come!

>>611941

KEK

>>614020

Correction: North Dakota won't vote until June 7th, and Colorado already voted in early March (and Bernie won by 19%). Those are upcoming states for the Republicans. Everything else is spot on and I completely agree.

Here's the schedule:

March 26

Alaska (16 delegates)

Hawaii (25)

Washington (101)

April 5

Wisconsin (86)

April 9

Wyoming (14)

April 19

New York (247) ←– NY will make or break Bernie's campaign

April 26 ←– prepare these states for Bernie in case NY is too close for comfort

Connecticut (55)

Delaware (21)

Maryland (95)

Pennsylvania (189)

Rhode Island (24)

I think we should focus on the ones coming up on Saturday, and then zero in on Wisconsin, New York (I can't possibly stress its importance), and Pennsylvania, and focus on trying not to get killed in Maryland with its high black population (literally higher than Alabama and the Carolinas). Of course, we need to phone bank every where but these states take priority. If we can get a blow-out win in Wisconsin, which should be fairly easy, Bernie can rack up a ton of delegates and start closing the gap by double digits, which there just aren't enough delegates in states like Alaska and Wyoming for that to be possible.

>>614059

Add Delaware in the list of "don't let us fall under 15% and lose all the delegates". 20% of Delawareans are black.

More bad news: even though Connecticut's 71% white 9% black and 13% Latino, Pennsylvania's even whiter, and Rhode Island's race demographics are a near perfect mirror to Kansas', all these states are rich as fuck. Not to say there aren't poor people (there are a lot), but we're dealing with a higher level of porkies and white collar workers than average. And to make Maryland even more anxiety-provoking, it's the richest state of them all.

Thank God they're still a month out, but we've got to get organized.

>>614059

Oh shit, I was looking at the Republican primaries, my bad.

See these schedules then:

>>614059

So our targets for the next 3 days should be Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington; after that we hit Wisconsin and Wyoming, and then focus all our energy on New York. Bernie is really struggling in New York right now. We're going to have to hammer it with calls and canvassing to make up the deficit.

The good news is the polls look like this right now:

Alaska: Clinton +3

Hawaii: No polling?

Washington: No recent polling

Wisconsin: Clinton +0.5

Wyoming: No polling?

New York: Clinton +34.5

So there's nothing to suggest we'll have much difficulty anywhere but New York. We've just got to call the bajeezus out of NY and get people out to vote.

Now is the time to start phonebanking, guys. If you're doing it, post about it.

>>614467

I'm gonna have dinner and then go take a pulse on Washington. I'll post back when I have updates.

I was thinking maybe we should make daily quotas for New York and maybe Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, too. Any thoughts on that? I'm not sure if it should be by calls made or Bernie voters found.

Probably voters reached. That's what we're trying to do here, not just make calls.

Meeting quotas might make us complacent, though. We should be phonebanking at least 3 hours a day.

>>614493

https://www.berniepb.com/

the stats here are good to measure and are achievable. I helped reach the limit in Arizona (before voter suppression fucked it up)

>>614547

Fuck, I meant for that to be bolded. not italicized.

>>614493

>might make us complacent

Good point. Basically, we're just phone banking for as long as we can.

>>614525

Damn, that's handy. Thanks, comrade!

The upcoming northeastern states are closed primaries and most don't allow same-day registration. Here's when they need to register (talk about this with Bernie voters), with Wisconsin and Wyoming thrown into the mix:

New Yorkers must be registered democrats by March 25 to vote.

Rhode Islanders must be registered democrats by March 27 to vote.

Pennsylvanians must be registered democrats by March 28 to vote.

Wisconsinites must be registered democrats by April 1 to vote, although Wisconsin does allow same-day registration*.

Delwareans must be registered democrats by April 2 to vote.

Marylanders must be registered democrats by April 5 to vote.

Wyomingites must be registered democrats by April 9 to vote.

Connecticuters must be registered democrats by April 21 and "affiliated by January 26" (what the fuck does that mean?), although Connecticut allows same-day registration*. So I don't know about that.

* the issue with same-day registration is that lines often get quite long and it's just all-around a hassle to deal with, especially at a primary IIRC

Sorry I keep bumping this. Fuck.

>>610811

Worked in three call centres, know that feel.

Kinda wish I was American. I have transferable skills here.

Is it illegal to just call random numbers and talk to them about socialism in general?

>>614476

I only got two calls out with no Bernie voters before it started storming and my dog barks incessantly when there's thunder. :-( Thankfully Hawaii and Alaska are hours behind me, so this will be over while it's still good hours to call them.

>>614615

It's not illegal to call random people to chat unless you harass them/keep calling. If they want to talk, then that's good, but if not just accept it and try again with a different number. Just don't do anything to make us look like even bigger freaks than they already portray us as.

>>614615

You can still phone bank if you're not American. Instructions in the OP.

>>614601

>Wyomingites must be registered democrats by April 9 to vote.

Incorrect, April 9 is the caucus. We actually have to be registered democrats before March 25.

>>614885

Well shit. I don't know how I made that typo but thanks for the correction. I don't know how we would have caught it otherwise.

I saw that there was an option to create teams on the phone banking site. Do we have our leftypol league yet?

>>615203

I didn't know about that. I don't know what having a team would do for us, but it might be helpful. Anyone want to do this? I'm backing out if it puts our full names up to each other, though.

>>615203

>>615207

AFAIK all having a team does is let you compete against each other/against other teams and it only shows your username.

Alright, what states are you guys taking today so we can diversify our efforts?

>>615740

I'm timing my schedule to coincide with different time zones since we have states in ET, CT, MT, PT, and AKT. The Northeastern states intimidate me because they're nothing like anywhere I've ever been before. I try to do my part with them, but the Midwest and red, rural states are my home field. Washington doesn’t scare me as much because they fucking love Bernie there so I’m in good enough company to be at ease.

- Rhode Island: 4 pm - 5 pm CT (5 pm - 6 pm ET) (1 hr)

- Wisconsin: 5 pm - 6:30 pm CT (5 pm - 6:30 pm CT) (1.5 hr)

- Wyoming: 6:30 pm - 8 pm CT (5:30 pm - 7 pm MT) (1.5 hr)*

- Washington: 8 pm - 9:30 pm CT (6 pm - 7:30 pm PT) (1.5 hr)*

- Alaska: 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm CT (5:30 pm - 6:30 pm) (1 hr)

*if I end up with repeats in Wyoming (it’s so small, and there are almost no democrats, it could maybe happen), I’ll start early on Washington and still go until 9:30.

>>615785

If you're going to try and persuade people in Wyoming you should take note of a current scandal involving our governor and some sort of capital building/area renovation contractor. It seems they may not have gone through a proper competitive bidding procedure when that contractor was selected and it just so happens that contractor also contributed to the governor's re-election campaign. People who know about that may be extra receptive to getting money out of politics.

>>615801

Damn. So if I'm correct, instead of businessmen bidding on land to build on, it might have just been giving to this contractor by the Wyoming government as a "favor" for a campaign contributor? The cause of the outrage being that politicians are puppets for corporations and in this specific case, it interferes with free market, since most Americans hold that near and dear. Right?

And then I can parallel that with Clinton and Cruz without being explicit and bring it home with Citizens' United, Wall Street, and the TPP?

>>615842

Goddamn my typos are irritating me.

*So, if I'm correct,…

*it might have just been given…

>>615842

Yes, that's the gist of it. Nobody has been prosecuted over it yet but this one lawyer is getting ready to build a legal case. Only problem is the lawyer himself is the husband of another person involved in a different power play earlier.

What happened last year or a couple years ago if I remember right is that the state legislature including the governor didn't like some of the choices the superintendent of education was making so they drafted this new bill to remove her from office by changing the position from an elected one to an appointed one. It was later ruled as a violation of the state constitution and rescinded. I've never known all the details about it and am not entirely sure which side was in the right if any, but it's interesting to note that the lawyer putting the case together about this non-competitive bidding process shit just happens to be her husband.

>>615855

Either way though the pure facts are that that contractor donated to the governor's re-election campaign and they also just happen to be the same contractor renovating the capital building/area (and taking fucking forever to do it).

It looks like the New York calls are targeted to people who are already Bernie supporters. I'm on the Voter Registration hotline now. According to BerniePB Wisconsin is barely getting any calls so we should probably focus some effort there.

>>614601

>Wisconsinites must be registered democrats by April 1 to vote, although Wisconsin does allow same-day registration*.

>* the issue with same-day registration is that lines often get quite long and it's just all-around a hassle to deal with, especially at a primary IIRC

Fuck. I knew I should have gotten registered while they had easy setup for it on campus. How does one actually register with one of the parties?

>>615978

You can go to the DMV, or your local voter registration/election office if you have one, and anywhere that does SNAP, WIC, and related services. I'm pretty sure you can do it online, too.

Wow, the voter information for NY is abysmal. I thought Arizona was bad for not having any polling places listed. Whoever entered this stuff into the database got it all fucked up, we don't even have last names and their first names are in the last name field.

It's 5 o'clock in Wisconsin, finally. Get calling!

Phone Bank: https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/wiphonebank/

Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iqLb7kei-ghxUFGzBOf_1w5KlI5uM8perEI8Lp0tPSA/edit

>>615969

Get the fuck in, everyone, Wisconsin's pleasant as fuck! About two thirds of the phone calls I've made so far have been to strong Bernie supporters and with friendly, easy-going conversations.

>>616202

Yeah, I talked to quite a few pro-Bernie people in Wisconsin. Makes me hopeful.

Wow, okay, is anyone else getting a ton of wrong numbers in Wisconsin? I swear, they're like half of every call I make. 90% of everyone is super polite about it but geez.

Nah, I got a ton of wrong numbers in New York though.

Alright, it's 8 pm in Wisconsin. Let them sleep (and don't piss them off by interrupting their before-bed chill-out time). Time to start working on Wyoming, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii!

In Wyoming, anyone who supports Bernie that isn't a registered democrat by March 25 will not be able to vote for him in the primary, so please ask them if they're registered dems or not if they support him and encourage them to go register.

How did everyone's day go? Did that one anon really call for 6 straight hours? Absolute madman.