Bonus Ep - How To Get People to Vote

How To! with Mike Pesca

Peach Fish Projects

Education, How To

4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Isabelle decided to spend her gap year as a political volunteer campaigning on behalf of Joe Biden. She's been writing postcards, making phone calls, and even posting on social media. But she worries she's not making enough of an impact, and is surprised by how many people are convinced their vote doesn't matter. In this special bonus episode of How To!, we bring on Don Green, professor of political science at Columbia and co-author of the book Get Out the Vote: How to Increase Voter Turnout. He recommends the most effective way to connect with potential voters and convince them to actually cast their ballot. It turns out yard signs are overrated.

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0:30.4	You know, it sounds like you've made a lot of calls to people who hung up on you or told
0:35.3	you just don't care. Yeah.
0:38.8	Has that discouraged you?
0:45.0	I want to say discouraged. I would say I'm less naive now, but they know that there's someone who's out there who wants them to vote, period. I think that makes a difference.
0:52.2	Welcome to a special short bonus episode of How To.
0:55.7	I'm Charles Dubik.
0:58.1	We are now in the home stretch, as you know, of the U.S. presidential election.
1:02.9	And that means that both major candidates are doing everything they can to get your vote.
1:07.9	When Joe Biden's president, America is just going to have to keep up.
1:12.2	Joe Biden said he's absolutely on board with defunding the police.
1:16.0	I have to wait to deal with COVID-19.
1:18.1	He's already not a planet.
1:19.5	It's united in our dream of a better future.
1:23.9	He's yet to come with Joe Biden.
1:26.3	I'm Donald Trump.
1:27.2	And I approve of this message. It's one thing to. I'm Donald Trump, and I approve this message.
1:29.7	It's one thing to be bombarded with political ads, but what actually motivates people to turn off the TV and get off the couch and into the voting booth?
1:38.0	Maybe you're getting calls from campaign volunteers, or you live on a street that's lined with political yard signs.
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