I readily concede that it was not the first issue that was raised on the doorsteps of my new constituency.
However, exposure to the telephone canvass did not have as much impact on chances of being canvassed on the doorstep.
Local campaigns have traditionally relied on local volunteers engaged on doorstep activity, therefore.
Secondly, doorstep canvassing in particular is probably an underestimate of exposure to the local campaign.
A wild midnight gallop lands her on the very doorstep of her ancestral home, and the fun and games commence.
One major difference between the doorstep and telephone canvass equations, however, is in the relationships with campaign spending.
We do not know which occurred first: the telephone or the doorstep canvass.
Studies also bear out that people are the most effective disseminators of know-how, and that hardware just dropped on the doorstep is the least effective.
