Precinct walking
From Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
also called door knocking, this is a GOTV activity which involves volunteers knocking on doors of registered voters, constituents or members in a given electoral region, called a precinct, with a GOTV message. Volunteers usually have a prepared list of the voters in the precinct. Volunteers may also distribute voter education materials, ask if voters know where their poll site is located, and ask them to vote a certain way on a ballot measure. New volunteers can also be recruited through precinct walking. Precinct walking is the most effective method of getting out the vote for most communities; studies have found that precinct walking results in 1 vote per 14 contacts while phone banking results in 1 vote per 38 contacts.
Movement-Building Electoral Organizing: Dictionary of Terms
- Electoral organizing, Movement-building electoral organizing, Immigrant-focused electoral campaign, Traditional electoral campaign, Work plans
- Issue advocacy, Issue, Direct-action organizing, Lobbying, Constituency target, Decision-maker target
- Media campaign, Media hits
- Voter advocacy, Voting Rights Act, Poll monitoring, Election day activities
- GOTV, Contact, GOTV target list, Phone banking, Precinct, Precinct walking, Raps or scripts, Robo calls
- Science of numbers, Voter turnout, Win number, Consistent voters, Infrequent voters, Swing voters, Expected voters, Base voters
- Evaluation, Tracking, Voter matching, Treatment and control, Exit polling
- Voter files or lists, Universe, Voter targeting, Voter modeling, Voter identification
- Voter technology, Voter Activation Network (VAN), Catalist
- Census, Naturalization, Political education, Training, Volunteer/member recruitment
- Absentee ballot, Poll
