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  • They door-knock between 35,000 and 60,000 doors every election cycle.

    Robert Creamer: Why the Anti-immigrant Dog Did Not Bark in Illinois Robert Creamer 2010

  • I got such warm responses from people, even from some who'd already gotten several phone calls and a door-knock earlier the same day.

    Obama To Deliver Closing Argument Speech Tomorrow 2009

  • More than 500 people volunteered to door-knock across the state on June 9th as part of our nationwide “Walk for Change.”

    Obama Campaign Memo: West Is Great Opportunity For Us 2009

  • Its organizing -- door-knock ing in poor neighborhoods to identify problems and mobilize residents -- not only helps the poor but is also one of the best training grounds for new young organizers.

    John Atlas: ACORN Scandal Offers Key Lessons to All Charities 2009

  • There were no traces of any other substances in his blood, though his sugar was significantly elevated and his arteries were already showing signs of the burger-and-fries diet a cop on door-knock queries had noted he loved.

    TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009

  • Even now in “peace time” I door-knock three nights a week and every weekend, not always all weekend but certainly either Saturday or Sunday and sometimes both and I think that is important.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Mark Reckons 2009

  • I believe in door-knock karma: every unanswered knock at the door means another visitor arrives when you're not home.

    Box 2009

  • Even now in “peace time” I door-knock three nights a week and every weekend, not always all weekend but certainly either Saturday or Sunday and sometimes both and I think that is important.

    Interview with Bridget Fox, Lib Dem candidate in Islington Mark Reckons 2009

  • According to the campaign, 10,000 people gathered at more than 1,000 events, mostly organized by volunteers, to door-knock Democratic primary voters.

    Zack Exley: Time to Get Off the Bus 2008

  • I worked on a mayoral campaign in 2001, and there were a ton of Somalis who volunteered to drop literature and door-knock.

    Oh Noes! I Caught Teh Izlam! « Whatever 2006

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