In the last month of knocking on doors I’ve expanded my “universe” to include Republicans. The data I use is not without errors but nevertheless it is valuable to risk rejection based on party affiliation to better understand House District 5.
A Trump supporter was defensive after answering his question on my party affiliation. He says, “You can’t buy my vote. He’s done a lot of good things, like a tax cut…you Democrats have nothing to offer….What are Democrats offering?” A pertinent question and I started to answer, “I want a fair tax policy”. I was interrupted as he interjected, “You know Hillary is a criminal, I’m reading a new book on Hillary” Now I interrupt, “I didn’t vote for Mrs Clinton, I chose to write in a candidate” (I did write in Bloomberg who ironically re-joined the Democrat party last week). “You wanna read the book when I’m finished?” he asked. “Sure, I’ll take a look, so let me give you my card. Here’s some priorities, a little about me and let me underline my phone number. Call me when you are done.”
Maybe he is a retired mill worker or one of the diminishing pot-line workers at the Aluminum Plant…the engine of a past era. It’s worthwhile that we better understand one another. A friend comes in many political stripes.