I just got back from volunteering for Jon Tester. Lit drops are nice because they’re quick. One of the reasons they’re not as great as other forms of field work, though, is the limited voter contact. As a result, few direct conversations with voters happen.
Still, things looked good today. The neighborhood where I was had more than twice as many Tester lawn signs for every Morrison sign. I had several people hand my lit back because they had either already voted for Tester or knew they would be and they wanted me to spread the word to someone who was still undecided.
One man came running out of his house after he saw what I’d left in his door, asked for two yard signs, made a contribution, and then told me that he was glad to finally see an honest man running for office.
A few houses later, a woman gardening told me that she had grown up in Havre and that she trusted “a good hi-line boy” like Tester to do right by Montana just like the Governor is. She also took a sign (even better, she’s on a corner house) after telling me that she had already voted for Jon and that her friends were all doing the same.
A couple blocks down the road, a highway patrol officer working in his garage told me to keep the literature, that he knew Jon, and that everyone in the house was already voting for him.
His neighbors don't think too kindly upon the womanizer.
