My hands tremble as I dial the first number. A moment passes before I wince from the familiar screech of a disconnected line "ooo wee ooo."
And that's the first trend I discover. Not just that this particular land line is dead, but that land lines in general are dead. In my first half-hour, I make 20 calls and speak to two live people. Mostly, I leave messages. Over a period of several days I make a total of 100 calls for McCain
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I think the greater point of this story missed me. It was slow to get started and didn't offer me much new information. Some interesting snips of quotes, but not much more.
The reporter could have written an interesting article about these volunteer calls, but this isn't it. There's no behind the scenes look at how undecided are categorized, or how this information is used. Worth the read if you haven't volunteered to make calls yourself, but not otherwise.
I've done a lot of volunteer calling for Obama, both during the primary and general election. I gained no new insight from reading about the other side.
A first person account, but with 100 other sources too. The obvious imbalance is that she didn't make calls for Obama.
I thought this was a very entertaining and informative story. If I just wanted facts and figures on how phone polling works and the numbers behind it, I could get that somewhere else. This is a story whose purpose is not only to enlighten, but also to entertain, and I found it both entertaining and enlightening. I learned something about the human side of making this kind of call, and was gratified to learn that many people were as direct as myself when receiving them. I also think ... More »
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