Ron Amundson’s Political Blog

—Hello?

–Hi, Mr./Mrs. Doe?

–Yes.

–Hi, my name is ____, I’m calling from the Barack Obama for President campaign….

(First hurdle right here–Repubs, not interesteds, hangups, etc.)

…and I wanted to remind you of the Democratic primary on Tuesday the 19th…

(This sounds dumb, nice and honest, and I’ve found it works. Give them a quick pause for an “uh-huh”)

…we’re calling to say we hope you’ll consider voting for Barack Obama on the 19th. We believe he has the best chance to beat John McCain in the general election in November.

(By now, without asking them any threatening questions like “who you gonna vote for”, you’ve found out everything you’ll need to know. They’ll either hang up early, or they’ll disagree with you on the electability question and say they’re supporting Clinton, or they’ll clearly be undecided and you can say why you are drawn to him, or they’ll chime right in and agree about Obama, etc.)