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Ralph Rosenberg's avatar

Thanks Kyle. Help me understand how relational organizing expands the pool of potential supporters, especially from independent voters, or less active voters? Relational outreach misses discouraged, disappointed, or disallusioned voters and non-voters. Those groups are as important to reach as the voters reached through relational efforts. I write as a successful state legislative candidate, who has worked on local, state and federal election. And as someone who has knocked on all doors in swing areas.

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thanks Greta for your thoughtful and thorough response. I admire how you handled my questioning the issue of relational organizing—to your credit. In my state of Iowa, I am aware of the interest in relational organizing by some political leaders and the state political party. I will open my mind more to its potential; I still maintain that ‘cold outreach’, especially in leafleting (not doorknocking) has a benefit to reach many people, demonstrates a different view of what the controlling party in Iowa is setting as policy, and is easy for volunteers. I do like what happened in Mississippi.

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