Chapter Thirty-Seven - On the Brink: of What Happens Next?

On the eve of the 2024 election we talk with retired teacher George Goodwin of Albany who has done Democratic Party work for more than 20 years. This fall he’s been traveling to Pennsylvania and other nearby states drumming up votes for Kamala Harris and he knows a little about how to talk to people with different politics annoyed to see you at their door. He knows how persuasion can work and when it doesn’t. And Rosemary has been talking to voters about what they’ll do beginning today after the candidate has lost. Cry, Drink and Resist. Harder is the short answer.

George Goodwin is a retired teacher and administrator in Albany NY. Since 2004 when John Kerry was running against George W. Bush he has worked for Democrats traveling in and out of state to canvass for candidates. This year he's spent a lot of time in the election battleground of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Maureen also have been making phone calls and filling out postcards and writing texts in support of the Harris campaign. That doesn't count all his work for local candidates as well. Goodwin has watched on-the-ground campaign strategy change over the decades with the advent of new technology and the emergence of a new breed of voters.