Bonus Episode - How To!: Get People to Vote

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🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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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. If you liked this episode, check out “How To Talk Politics Without Wrecking Relationships.” If you have a question, send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know it sounds like you've made a lot of calls to people who hung up on you or
0:05.1	told you that you just don't care. Yeah. Has that discouraged you? I want to say
0:09.9	discouraged. I would say I'm less naive now but they know that there's someone who's
0:15.5	out there who wants them to vote period I think that makes a difference.
0:22.2	Welcome to a special short bonus episode of How-Toe. I'm Charles Doeban.
0:27.0	We are now in the home stretch as you know of the U.S. presidential presidential election and that means that both
0:33.7	major candidates are doing everything they can to get your vote.
0:36.7	When Joe Biden's president America is just going to have to keep up.
0:42.1	Joe Biden said he's absolutely on board with defunding the police.
0:46.0	Wait to deal with COVID-19.
0:48.0	He's already got a plan.
0:50.0	A nine it in our dream of a better future is yet to come.
0:55.0	We're Joe Biden.
0:57.0	I'm Donald Trump and I approve this message.
0:59.0	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?
1:08.0	Maybe you're getting calls from campaign volunteers or you live on a street that's lined with political yard signs.
1:14.0	But I've always wondered, does any of that actually work?
1:18.0	That's what Isabel from Boston is trying to figure out too.
1:21.0	This summer I got involved with some political volunteering so writing
1:26.1	postcards to voters of color. Isabel graduated from high school this past spring and this
1:31.6	fall she was all set to attend Harvard until she decided to take
1:34.4	a gap year because of the pandemic. And so instead she got to see her mom battling COVID-19 as a frontline health care
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