Santiago!!! Hi!!!

YAY TEAM NC!!!!

yay team nc!

TEAM NC!

woot AZ!

Hi all - Brittany here from apocalyptic Oregon and on Team NC!

How do you decide how to allocate resources between changing minds vs. activating people who may not vote at all but might vote for Joe?

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Never heard it

50%+1 ?

new concept!

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New to me

New to me, too

Good job Hannah!

Turnout is the most fun!

Did some texting a week or so ago and had no idea we were texting Republicans until I started getting responses. Was quite the experience.

what's the y-axis measuring here?

attempts

thx!

Totally

Me!

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Oh yes for sure

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I have

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Oh definitely!

Happened today on a text bank

For sure!

a lot!!

Me, me, me!

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Yes for sure !

Definitely!

Yep!

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yes!!!!

yeah!

absolutely - but those are the best

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Yes, tons

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lots for txt, less for door knocking

talked to the actual opponent

haha, John - Did you persuade them?

That's so funny John.

He had a good laugh

Is it reasonable for us to ask text or phone bank leaders to be more transparent about our target audience or who we are talking to prior to a shift? Do they have access to that sort of info?

Great question Carla

In past experience, the organizers I’ve worked with tell me what sort of voters we’re targeting, so I think that’s reasonable

^^I second Carla’s question

I have found in smaller local phone banks that they have shared the information.

Carla - Santiago will probably answer this, but just from my experience it depends on the campaign -- sometimes people running the voter contact know those things but if it's a larger campaign they might not have super specific details for you. But I think definitely always ask!

How is purchase info acquired?

All of you have a 100 score. ; )

How *much* information is “publicly available” about voters? Where does this information live?

how do fundraising models compare to GOTV models?

Carla—when I was text banking last weekend, our Lead took us through who we were targeting. That list was for persuasion of voters who tend to be GOP or lean GOP. As you can imagine, it was a mixed bag, but I actually had a decent response of people voting for Biden and Dems this year, as well as a few that wanted to actually engage in discussion and felt like they moved from GOP to undecided. So it’s worth asking if they don’t tell you.

@Alex, it depends on the state laws.

Thank you, Santiago (and everyone)!

Is VBM info public and available to campaigns?

i.e. those who have signed up to VBM

@Alistair: I believe yes (may depend on state). I was texting a few weeks ago to follow up with people who requested VBM to ensure they return they application

Might be state specific but in Florida it is.

A lot of campaigns here do vote by mail ballot chasing after they go out.

How do you rank voters that may be persuadable if they have voted for the Republican presidential candidate in the past but then voted for Dems down ballot? Seems like that is a bit trickier?

I do not open mail.

Please dont

I do not answer the door when I’m not expecting anyone 😅

I opened my mail today hoping I got Biden stickers but no, just asking for donations

That makes me feel better to know that!

Why is it sometimes people say they’ve already been contacted? Is it because they weren’t updated properly before?

Can we get that as a standalone clip so we can play it on a loop before phone/text banks??

^^

That is HUGELY helpful to know!

Yes, Mallory!!!

Such a good reminder that every single call or text makes a difference! Yes, please clip that out!

Knowing that is such a helpful perspective for those of us in the phone banks.

<3 VAN

is this the magic spreadsheet!?!?!?!?!?

It's so hard when you come across nasty people over the phone or through text. You can't take it personally but it's good to know there is a positive result in some way

Rebecca, I notice a lot of times people think they’re being contacted by the same campaigns but then we come to find out they’re getting calls/texts from several different ones (local, general, etc.).

No Abigail. This is the holy grail of campaigns.

oh that’s just as good

Former SoS Election Data Analyst here. So excited to be on the other side!

When I worked as a volunteer data person for Obama 2012, they told us we talked to each person 5 times. Many people were not happy by the 5th call. Why do they do that?

Similar to Lisa’s question: When we phone and text bank for organizations in swing states, it’s really common to communicate with folks who have high contact fatigue. Do organizations plan around this? Is there a suggested way to effectively speak to these individuals.

Have you seen any evidence of changing efficacy of phone banking with the rise in spam calls? Does it seem like people are still answering the phone?

Are the data also used to evaluate effectiveness of volunteers? Do I get a personal volunteer score?? :)

What is the comparison of effectiveness of phone banking vs text banking?

^^ good question, Carl ^^

Can you track an individual voter if they move states (either frequently or infrequently?)

Jessica, IIRC, there’s data showing that people are actually answering their phones more this year! (Maybe because of pandemic related issues?)

Could you give an example of how a specific statistical model is used to determine something like a voter score? What types of models are used?

Along the lines of contact fatigue...have you or others studied the affect of the same volunteer following up with voters?

Cool, thanks for answering!

How would Arena be affected by potentially overturning Citizens United? Presumably Arena is funded by campaigns or super PACs and removing money from politics would sure influence the work Arena does, right?

Thanks!! Good stuff. Keep on fighting the good fight, y’all

Thank you, Santiago, for your time tonight!

Thanks Santiago!

Thanks for this wonderful info, Santiago!

Yes, thank you! My nerd heart loved it!

SO much great info. Thank you Santiago!

Thank you!

Thank you Santiago!!!!

Thank you!

Thank you Santiago and Ashley!!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks Santiago!!

thank you!

Thank you so much!

Thank you Santiago!

Great! Thank you Santiago!!!

Thanks, Santiago! This was very helpful!

Thanks so much for this!

Thank you Santiago!! super informative!

Thank you! This was really interesting!!

Thanks Santiago!

Thank you Santiago!

Thank you so much!! This was wonderful

Thanks!

they trained me!

Thank you! This was super interesting and informative!

Thank you!

Super informative! Thank you!

Thank you!

SPREADSHEETS

…. MAGIC SPREADSHEETS?!?!

Thanks, y’all. So appreciative of everyone (staff & vols) helping to save our country!

MAGIC SPREADSHEET?!?!?!

^^

Literally they are magic

https://arena.run/

When are the classes? Could we do it while we’re working full time?

Its just a few days Rebecca. So yes

MI & FL woot!

Some data and info on efficacy and reach of phone banking vs text banking: https://callhub.io/get-out-the-vote-tools-tactics-strategies-guide/

Thanks Autumn

Np!

https://arena.run/

Thank you!!!

thank you so much Santiago!

Thanks everyone!

Thanks you so much!!!

Thanks, Ashley!

Great info! Thank you.

thank you!

Thanks again!

Thanks Santiago and Ashley! Have a good night everyone!

Thank you!!!

thank you!