A Lefty Writes

Here are the highlights from my very first day as an (unpaid) political operative -

- I made nearly 200 phone calls over the course of about 5+ hours
- One woman didn't want to put her husband on the phone because, being from Italy, he wasn't interested in local politics. However, after I broke out some of my rarely-used Italian I had both of them pledging to support my candidate.
- I had one woman ask me to relay a message to Representative Jehlen regarding a bill dealing with state coverage of expenses for hearing aids, because her husband is hard of hearing and they have a difficult time paying for the hardware. This conversation was actually really memorable because I felt like I was actually connecting with a local voter and hearing about an issue that's important to her family. And really, that's kind of what this is all about.

I also helped map out some canvassing routes during the day, which was a nice break from phone calls. So I'd say my first day was a success, and I'm heading back tomorrow!