Why another leaflet?
It’s been my normal Saturday. Amongst other activities I’ve been out leafletting and musing on three comments I’ve heard.
“Just how many reminders do people need?” was the question of one of the team as I left a bag of leaflets with her. All I could answer was that we would be doing very well if 50% of the people who can vote in Consett turn out on Thursday. She was surprised. Of course, I don’t know whether reminding people that there’s an election on will be enough to get them to vote - but realising that it’s polling day on Thursday is a necessary start.
“We’ve had two leaflets from the Lib Dems. None of the other parties do more than one so why do the Lib Dems?” was a question put to another of my helpers. The best reply to that is that although a survey we did recently showed that a majority of those who had decided who to vote for had decided to vote Lib Dem, that was still a much smaller number than those who had given their status as “don’t know”. We need to convince those voters of two simple truths.
1) Liberal Democrats are the only county-wide alternative to Labour in County Durham. So if they don’t want a continuing Labour Council they need to vote for us.
2) Liberal Democrats are the only party committed to community politics, so the only chance they have of avoiding an over-centralised new “super-county” council is th elect a Liberal Democrat council.
And finally, my colleague overheard two gentleman talking in Blackhill. “Usually we get the Lib Dems with a leaflet. Oh, here’s one now”. For an area that’s been kept in the dark for so long, it’s got to be good to get a reputation for keeping people informed.
If you’re just one of Consett’s or Bllackhill’s 6,000 or more voters, let us know what you think. Do you like getting our leaflets? Or are we in over-kill mode?
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