Nara Chandrababu Naidu's Visionary Policies For Andhra Pradesh's Development
D F A G O T V
1. Getting Out The Vote
October 10, 2006
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2. Tonight’s Trainers
Arshad Hasan Robby Mook
Democracy For America Maryland Democratic
Training Director Coordinated Campaign Director
DFA Night School Host
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3. Agenda and Goals
• Prepare for Election Day
• Most effective Election Day tactics
• Execute Election Day
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4. Key Principles
• Vote Goal
-Number of votes the campaign needs
• Responsibility
-Your part of that goal
• Accountability
-Your benchmarks on the way to the goal
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5. What is GOTV? ?
• Get Out The Vote
• Targeted: We’re only getting out our
supporters
• Starts before Election Day
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6. Campaign Vote Goal
Est. Turnout = 22,108 Est. Turnout = 936
Est. Turnout = 52,134
50% +1 = 11,055 50%+1 = 469
50% +1 = 26,068
52% = 11,496 52% = 487
52% = 27110
State Senate Precinct
District 17 8-02
Smith
Township
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7. Getting to the Goal
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8. Early Voting
• Strike supporters’ names
who’ve already voted
• Contact early voters until
they vote
• Remainder goes into your
Election Day GOTV
universe
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10. What Works
Efficacy
Voter Contact Tactics:
0.08
0.07
1) Direct Mail
0.06
2) Literature Drops
0.05
3) Voice to Voice contact by phone
0.04
4) Person to Person contact by door
0.03
0.02
canvassing
0.01
0
Direct Lit Phone Door
Mail Drop Call Knock
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11. Roles for Election Day
• Phone banking
• Door knocking
• Vote checking
• Driving
• Poll visibility
Tip: Better to do one task really well, than spreading
volunteers thin. Prioritize volunteer tasks.
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12. Calculate Volunteer Shifts
Smith Township Needs
Vote goal = 11,496
Early Vote = 2875
Remaining Voters = 8622
We can make:
• 25 GOTV phone contacts contacts/hr
• 8 GOTV door contacts/hr
• 3 hours to a volunteer shift
So we will need…
• 345 volunteer phone hours (115 vol. shifts), OR
• 1078 volunteer door hours (360 vol. shifts), OR
• 90 Phone shifts (6750 voters) + 78 Canvass shifts (1872 voters)
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13. Materials for Election Day
• Precinct maps
• Walk list of supporters
• Phone list of supporters
• Election day scripts
• Precinct kits also include:
•Campaign literature
•Pens
•List of important numbers
• FOOD!!!
How long will it take to print all your materials? Start early!
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14. Volunteer Meetings and
Staging Areas
• Volunteer meeting
- motivate
- review plan
- re-affirm commitment
• Election Day staging areas
- review plan
- send out volunteers
- follow up
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15. Homework
• Vote Early (if you can)
• Contact your employer and
take Election Day off
• Find a local GOTV at
www.DFALink.com
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