I have donated $2900, and I’m on the fence about donating another $2900. Primarily, I’m not sure what the impact of a marginal dollar to the campaign will accomplish—is the campaign still cash-constrained?
My very vague outsider sense was that the Flynn campaign had already blanked the area with TV ads, so that additional funding might not do that much, eg from local coverage from a somewhat hostile source
I might well be wrong (in which case hopefully someone will correct me), but my understanding is that your second $2,900 would be restricted for use in the general election so couldn’t be spent on the remainder of the primary. (Earlier in the campaign there were indirect benefits of total money raised, but it’s probably a bit late in the day for those.)
The campaign can only use the first $2,900 in the primary campaign, but they can use the rest in the general election if they win the primary. If they don’t win the primary, the options are either returning the remaining money to you or passing it along to another campaign.
Additional funding right now would be financing better and more personal ads that still work in these final days.
As you’ve already given $2,900, I may recommend:
Directly going to Oregon and knocking on doors!
Phone banking
Talk to your Oregon friends living in District 6 or who have connections to it
Saying why you care about voting for Carrick on social media
I actually do think that getting Flynn elected would be quite good, and would be open to other ways to contribute. eg if phonebanking seems to be the bottleneck, could I pay for my friends to phonebank, or is there some rule about needing to be “volunteers”?
I also think that helping Carrick would be super good!
Regarding phone banking, I wouldn’t be that interested in paying for volunteers. The most important factor in the effectiveness of the calls is that the caller is genuinely enthusiastic about the candidate - basically, if the caller is really interested, the person on the other end of the line has three times more chances of being convinced than if the caller is not really enthusiastic about the candidate. (I don’t have the specific paper this was in.) So it’s great if you get your friends to call, but they need to be “in”!
Other ways to contribute:
donating until Sunday to get really good ads in front of voters (max $2,900) (it’s less effective than a few days ago, but still valuable!) and/or get your friends to donate!
I’m genuinely curious: if you’re considering donating but haven’t yet, what are your key questions/cruxes?
Feel free to answer here and/or DM me.
I’m organizing a small group discussion around this and your questions would help direct the conversation. Also maybe some people can answer here!
If you’re interested in chatting casually about this, please DM-me :)
I have donated $2900, and I’m on the fence about donating another $2900. Primarily, I’m not sure what the impact of a marginal dollar to the campaign will accomplish—is the campaign still cash-constrained?
My very vague outsider sense was that the Flynn campaign had already blanked the area with TV ads, so that additional funding might not do that much, eg from local coverage from a somewhat hostile source
I might well be wrong (in which case hopefully someone will correct me), but my understanding is that your second $2,900 would be restricted for use in the general election so couldn’t be spent on the remainder of the primary. (Earlier in the campaign there were indirect benefits of total money raised, but it’s probably a bit late in the day for those.)
The campaign can only use the first $2,900 in the primary campaign, but they can use the rest in the general election if they win the primary. If they don’t win the primary, the options are either returning the remaining money to you or passing it along to another campaign.
Additional funding right now would be financing better and more personal ads that still work in these final days.
As you’ve already given $2,900, I may recommend:
Directly going to Oregon and knocking on doors!
Phone banking
Talk to your Oregon friends living in District 6 or who have connections to it
Saying why you care about voting for Carrick on social media
I actually do think that getting Flynn elected would be quite good, and would be open to other ways to contribute. eg if phonebanking seems to be the bottleneck, could I pay for my friends to phonebank, or is there some rule about needing to be “volunteers”?
I also think that helping Carrick would be super good!
Regarding phone banking, I wouldn’t be that interested in paying for volunteers. The most important factor in the effectiveness of the calls is that the caller is genuinely enthusiastic about the candidate - basically, if the caller is really interested, the person on the other end of the line has three times more chances of being convinced than if the caller is not really enthusiastic about the candidate. (I don’t have the specific paper this was in.) So it’s great if you get your friends to call, but they need to be “in”!
Other ways to contribute:
donating until Sunday to get really good ads in front of voters (max $2,900) (it’s less effective than a few days ago, but still valuable!) and/or get your friends to donate!
phone banking
Talk to your friends about Carrick’s policy proposals on topics they’re interested in.
Talk to people on social media about why you’re genuinely excited about Carrick winning.