# precinct (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover precinct. Page: Feed: --- ## [Pre-registering another postcard experiment](https://johnlray.github.io/posts/post_20241023/post.html) _2024-10-23 · John Ray · JR's blog_ Typical of a political operative in an even-numbered year, I’ve spent October wondering how much of the past year of my life has gone to waste. I recently completed a fairly substantial hand-written postcard experiment , in which I wrote 3,200 postcards to voters in Florida and Pennsylvania. The messages varied, but the basic construction of the postcards was similar: A paragraph of black text, an… ## [A year of Democratic spam texts](https://johnlray.github.io/posts/post_20241020/post.html) _2024-10-20 · John Ray · JR's blog_ Democratic spam PACs don’t have enough to show for how annoying and bad for the party brand they are If you read this blog you get a lot of text messages from strangers who want your money. I’ve never texted you but on various social platforms I am often one of those strangers making asks of people who follow me. I maintain an active list or two of Democratic candidates and organizations I think… ## [Pre-registering a postcard experiment](https://johnlray.github.io/posts/post_20241001/post.html) _2024-10-01 · John Ray · JR's blog_ This cycle, I designed a small postcard experiment that I outline here. In short, I wrote just over 3,200 postcards to low-turnout Republican voters living in very red areas in Pennsylvania and Florida, arguing that they should change their party affiliation and consider voting for Democrats in November. The four different arguments written on the postcards included highlighting the badness of…