Word: canvassing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brian Best, McGovern's political affairs officer, says that with only six paid staff members, most of the campaign money is going into television and radio advertisements McGovern is relying on about 200 volunteers to canvass and man phone banks...
Mondale's vast organization (1,000 volunteers by primary day, 31 paid staff members, labor support and hundreds of phones) did its job, reaching two-thirds of the voters in the state by phone or canvass. But after the third or fourth phone call bad gering them to vote for Mondale, some voters rebelled. As it turned out, only one-third of those contacted by the Mondale camp voted...
Scott Levenson, Canvass Director-in-training at Mass. Fair Share, has noticed an increase, not a decline, in summer staff over the last three years. "Yes, there are more students going after business and computer jobs, but there are two student job markets out there," Mr. Levenson asserts. "The students interested in political and community outreach work experience are in a different market from those in the business technical market...
...while five candidates hope days of handshaking and thousands of dollars pay off at the ballot box. Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) has steered clear of this derby. Instead, he and a legion of college students including about 25 from Harvard, will today canvass New Hampshire, the scene of the first official primary next February...
...White House, such polls are an important gauge of the incumbent Administration's standing with its constituents. For the Kremlin, by contrast, Soviet public opinion is virtually irrelevant, while public opinion in the West is a target of opportunity for propaganda. The Politburo need canvass only itself and listen respectfully to the general staff of the Soviet armed forces. The Soviets are driven only by self-interest, and not always of the most enlightened kind...