November 2, 2024

I don't answer the doorbell unless I know who it is and want to see them...

 ... but I really don't answer the doorbell today in Madison, Wisconsin — the Saturday before Election Day.

Maybe I need to make a little sign that says we've already voted.

56 comments:

Voice in the Wilderness said...

Perhaps a good use of AI would be to replace all of the political mail, ads, texts, etc with something useful once you've voted. (early) Of course, with my luck, they would be replaced with My Pillow ads.

Bob Boyd said...

Obama's Witnesses

Voice in the Wilderness said...

"Have you been transformed?"
asks the Obama's Witness

Kate said...

I would make the sign. And I'd leave a bowl of uneaten Halloween candy as well.

Dave Begley said...

We voted for Trump!

Jersey Fled said...

My wife is a registered Democrat even though I converted her decades ago.

She enjoys getting Democrat election mailings, which she finds hilarious.

We get twice the door knockers.

Kate said...

The sign says piss off. The candy gives a polite counterpoint.

Achilles said...

I would have a sign that said No Soliciting: If you are close enough to read this you have 10 seconds to run before you are dowsed with boiling oil. No Tresspassing either.

Narr said...

Obama's Witlesses.

Achilles said...

Maybe I need to make a little sign that says we've already voted.

This will not work. Democrats vote multiple times and expect you to mail in more ballots.

Bob Boyd said...

A sign that says, "Too late." and one of those little 'I voted' stickers.

Dixcus said...

They don't trespass if you put up a Trump sign in your yard and point 9 guns right at their faces.

Mark said...

Had someone with an iPad knock my door two weeks ago. 'Do you mind if I ask who you are voting for?' they ask, ready to enter my answer onto their map.

Why yes, yes I did mind.

The call a week ago on our land line from Marist I did take, though.

Bob Boyd said...

Achilles makes a good point.
So how about a sign that says, "Too late." and ten of those little 'I voted' stickers.

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Dixcus said...

Althouse is obliquely claiming she voted ... but did she? If you don't vote for President in order not to cancel out say .... Meade's vote for Trump ... then have you really voted already?

Jupiter said...

Do kids trick-or-treat in your neighborhood?

Ann Althouse said...

I already told you I voted

Totally Innocent Hand Gesture said...

Scott Presler and Steve Bannon adopt the Democratic position that long lines to vote is voter suppression in Pennsylvania.

“Is this election interference? Voter suppression? How is a working class person supposed to go and wait 5+ hours in line to vote?” ~ Peter Navarro

The irony is too rich for a second serving.

There is only injury if it happens to their side, otherwise it's fine.

Original Mike said...

"And I'd leave a bowl of uneaten Halloween candy as well."

As opposed to a bowl of eaten candy?

Mason G said...

"As opposed to a bowl of eaten candy?"

You could leave that for Democrats. Based on their candidates, they've proven they'll swallow anything.

Original Mike said...

I've been surprised to have fielded only one visit to my door this election season. A pair of democrats.

Me: "The Packer game is on".
Them: "May we talk to you about the election?"

Me(in my head): "Are you fucking nuts? Why do you think I just told you the Packer game is on!?!?"
Me(actually): "No."

Original Mike said...

My wife and I have received those odious "We'll know if you voted" mailings and just now I received a text saying the same thing. I can't begin to express how much those offend me. Who the fuck do they think they are?

n.n said...

Answer the door, Diversitist. Lets have a conversation, perhaps a debate. I've already voted. Never mind.

Bloc punctuated humor.

Maynard said...

I already told you I voted.

I am looking forward to the day you tell us who you voted for.

Or the day you decline to tell us who you voted for.

Readering said...

In my part of SoCal folks only ring doorbell for local contests.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

But if you don't answer the doorbell you'll never get to purchase Renewal By Andersen® replacement windows.

tim in vermont said...

LOL: https://x.com/adamcarolla/status/1852105379280490834

tim in vermont said...

I don't understand why that matters. What does it have to do with anything? Are you assuming that she is somehow publishing things that she doesn't believe if she voted differently than you expect?

My take is that she gives us her honest opinions here every day, and if she makes a mistake, it's an honest mistake. How she votes is irrelevant.

Lazarus said...

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Anthrophobia.

It's a little lonely, but you get used to it.

mindnumbrobot said...

I thought the GOTV campaigns were sophisticated enough to know who has and who hasn't voted. Has the professor's household not voted yet?

tcrosse said...

It's none of my business how Althouse voted, nor is it any of hers (or anybody else's) how I did.

Oh Yea said...

We have had a sign for a long time. They just ignore it. They always have some excuse why it doesn't apply to them.

I have installed a Ring doorbell so I can see who it is from my phone and just ignore if I want.

Yancey Ward said...

Get a programmable doorbell that tells the person to call and make an appointment. Or, better yet, have one play this

whiskey said...

I don't answer the door, but my little kids do. I also don't answer the phone and I block and report every text. It's horrible.

BG said...

On that alone they need to lose.

BG said...

We have a couple of cell phones dedicated to being hotspots for our computers. My cell phone and the hotspot ones have been getting texts for “Stephan” and other names…all but mine. They’re letting me know I haven’t registered at such and such an address, not mine. I also get texts that Kamala needs money. I’m wondering what kind of lists they’re using.

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who-knew said...

I live in a blue city in Wisconsin and haven't had one phone call or door knock this election. I'm surprised at that because I've been told that the Democrats have a great ground game and I thought they would be doing their best to drive up the Appleton vote. I get a lot of texts (mostly from the Trump campaign but a lot from Kamala's, too) that I delete and report as junk.

BG said...

My favorite part of “Robocop” was “You’re fired!”

n.n said...

Progressive probing is evidence of potential cancel culture action. Perhaps even a Whitmer conspiracy or Pelosi-rrection scheme. Be very wary.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...

Must be a swing state thing. I live in a Purple neighborhood in a Red town in a Blue state, and we’ve never had any kind of political door-to-door visit. Though I know the Donks ballot harvest in the more ignorant parts of an adjacent larger town in order to install a faux-moderate Congressperson.
I wonder how cost-effective that is though, in a time when any kind of door-to-door activity (other than trick-or-treating) seems weirdly intrusive.

rehajm said...

here the wild animals keep them away. Bad for trick or treat, good for everything else...

Mary Beth said...

A bowl of candy wrappers.

EAB said...

Ahhh, memories of doing GOTV door-to-door in Lodi, NJ for a friend running for Congress. Hated it. My favorite was the guy in the tank undershirt telling me, “my wife takes care of all that.” Even though I live in WI, no one is doing that in my little town. Living in a high rise in NYC also spared me from that. When I lived in the suburbs in CA, I never answered the door. It was more duck and cover.

R C Belaire said...

If I vote at the precinct, I never give a straight answer if asked about candidates/issues.

TickTock said...

While I am intensely curious how our hostess voted, it's only in support of an effort to understand just how much she is trolling her readership; or, alternatively just how much cognitive dissonance she can tolerate. From her perspective, however, I believe it is smart not to reveal how she votes and to keep some of her thoughts to herself. My default position is to believe that she always provides her honest opinion. But with a law professor who presumably taught one or more generations of students how to view both sides of a question, there is always this nagging doubt.

tim in vermont said...

"it's only in support of an effort to understand just how much she is trolling her readership"

Right. You are afraid that she is lying to her readers.

Narayanan said...

similar to all Cretans are liars : why not say "I am an honest person so whom do you think I would vote for!!"

Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...

Exactly, Tim. Also - we all need to stop hounding the host. It's not cool.

Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...

I don't have a door bell. But - I do have a little kids toy/ Halloween door bell. A giant eyeball appears with a spooky deep voice. ... best part - I can only hear it if the window is cracked and I am in close proximity.
Oddly - this year the mail flyers were a minimum. Perhaps the money wasters figured it out.

Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...

I think it's good that she isn't saying. Who knows what corrupt gov entity is watching this site. (Like they watch everything - because the FBI is Soviet a-hole)

Maynard said...

I live in a purple suburb of deep blue Tucson. We get tons of political mail, but no door knocks so far.

My wife is a life long registered Democrat who votes in person on Election Day. In 2022, she got a fair number of door knocks, but I (as usual) got none. She does get DNC phone calls and she tells them to leave her alone.

She was embarrassed to tell me she voted for Biden in 2020 and is even more embarrassed to tell me that she will vote for Kamala-lala-ding-dong this time.

It's a branding thing for her, along with a belief that the mainstream media is generally credible.

Greg The Class Traitor said...

Any competent GotV operation would have pulled the voter file, determined that everyone in the house registered to vote had voted, and not bother you.

How much would we have to pay you to answer the door & find out who the idiots are? :-)

Lucien said...

“In This House:
We celebrate Cruel Neutrality
Better than nothing is a high standard
We mock civility bullshit”.

hawkeyedjb said...

I answered the doorbell a couple of days ago and was greeted by a very large black dude wearing a Trump shirt and a MAGA hat. The dog decided he was friendly. He asked if I had voted, and if not, did I know the location of my polling place. I assured him I had voted, my wife had voted, and the dog was still waiting for her ballot.