please forgive me
Is the number they ask for a personal identifier? What do they use it for? Just so they know who the non-voters are?
FYI as I put on twitter earlier,
a) they always do it outside my polling station and
b) both main parties (blues and yellows) in the area (also SW Surrey)have someone out there all the time, taking down numbers
c) they insisted to me that I didn't have to tell them, which was nice.
(, Thu 6 May 2010, 15:36, Share, Reply)
They use it to target you
for canvassing at the next election. They know you're a voter now, and so you're going to be popular come next election.
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Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Thu 6 May 2010, 15:40,
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but
surely they'd be targeting those who have numbers but didn't vote, as they are non-voters and therefore swayable.
stupid innocent me. I'm so disheartened with it all.
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non-voters
tend to stay non-voters. Someone who definitely votes, will likely vote again in the future. If you can get said voter to vote for your party, it's a success.
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Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Thu 6 May 2010, 15:56,
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I'm okay with this.
I worried they'd use it for something far more insidious, don't know what, but if all they're going to use it for is to knock on my door and try to sell me idiots then I revel in it.
The last Tory canvasser left in a huff because I managed to pretty much refute or rebuke anything he had to say. I shocked myself more than anything, I've learned a fair amount. I'm actually going to miss sounding like a smartarse.
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Willwillwritehiswill An arse like a slapped face., Thu 6 May 2010, 20:07,
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