1 Oct: Politico: Biden flip-flops on door-knocking with just 33 days left
Biden’s campaign announced plans to start door-to-door campaigning after insisting for months the strategy wasn’t necessary.
By ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN; David Siders and Marc Caputo contributed reporting
The campaign said volunteers would start door-knocking in Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania this weekend with the rest of the battleground states following early next week.
It’s an abrupt turnaround from the Biden campaign’s previous posture...
“I think it’s the absolutely right call,” said John Fetterman, the Democratic lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, who said he had told the Biden campaign he believed that they should resume door knocking...
“I think it’s too little too late,” a Democratic strategist who works with major donors said Thursday. “If it’s true that Trump is knocking a million [doors] a week and we are doing zero, that’s criminal negligence on the Democrats’ part.”...
Field organizers in Pennsylvania began emailing volunteers about the change on Thursday. In one email obtained by POLITICO, the organizer highlighted that “we will be adding some socially distant in-person volunteer opportunities, including lit-drops, careful door knocking, and voter educators for the final 33 days.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/biden-flip-flops-on-door-knocking-with-33-days-left-424642
31 Oct: NYT: Celebrities lend Biden a hand in turning out the vote in Philadelphia
By Nick Corasaniti
“Everything is on Pennsylvania, this is it,” said Ms. (Debra) Messing as she rallied a group of canvassers on the corner of North Carlisle Street and West Susquehanna Avenue...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/us/elections/celebrities-lend-biden-a-hand-in-turning-out-the-vote-in-philadelphia.html
updated 1 Nov: Philadelphia Inquirer: Climate activists are turning out Pa. voters to flip the state House — and boost Biden
by Justine McDaniel
In a September poll by Climate Nexus, Yale University, and George Mason University, 76% of Pennsylvania voters said they consider climate change to be a serious problem, with 45% calling it very serious. Democrats were more likely to cite it as their No. 1 issue, ahead of the economy and the coronavirus, in a national September NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll...
Pennsylvania could play a key role. It’s one of just four battleground states being targeted by the national youth-led Sunrise Movement...
Turner said the most compelling argument for many environmental voters, particularly young ones, is not to vote for Biden because his climate plan is good. Rather, he said, “Look at how social movements have pushed Biden. Think about what we can accomplish if we get him in.”...
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-climate-change-voters-biden-trump-20201101.html