Door Knocking-Canvassing

Door knocking is one of the most important ways we reach voters, and is again our top priority in 2026. Our experiences with door-to-door canvassing over the last couple of years have been very positive - most people do answer their doors and respond positively to the chance to talk with us. It is important to emphasize that door-to-door canvassing is NOT about persuading people.  Your job is to listen to voters' concerns, and find out how likely they are to vote for our candidates. Most importantly is to remind voters of the importance of their vote and to encourage them to do so by giving them information on how, when and where to vote. If you want, we can accommodate you pairing up with another canvasser. And you can use either the traditional paper list or a mobile ap, MiniVan, that a lot of canvassers find very convenient. Our spring pre-primary canvass campaign kicks off on Sunday, April 19 at 2pm at the Center for Progress & Justice, 1420 Cerrillos Rd.

Phone Banking

 This is a good way to communicate with voters from the comfort of your own home (and phone). You do need an internet connection because we use a virtual phone bank application that gives you the number to call and allows you to follow a script and enter responses.

Write Postcards/Letters

Hand-written, personalized postcards are an effective way to communicate.  This year we’re likely to be sending postcards to voters in Santa Fe County, elsewhere in the state (such as to CD2 to make sure it stays in Dem hands), and even to other states. If you have decent handwriting and a little time to devote, this is a fun way to help. However, the number of postcards we can send is limited by our ability to pay for postage. So it’s hard to promise that everyone who wants to do postcards will be able to. (If people want to pay for postage, of course, that’s a big plus. But we know that not everyone can do that.)

Texting

This is a good way to connect with voters, particularly younger voters who may respond to texts rather than phone calls. It’s usually done through a computer (though you can do it on a phone or tablet) using an online service (currently ThruText). Training is provided to get you set up and show you how to have effective conversations with voters. And you’ll have a team leader to work with to answer questions and help you along. As with postcards, it’s hard to promise that everyone who wants to text will be able to do so. It’s very efficient, so we can send a huge number of texts with relatively few volunteers and at some point there are only so many people for whom we have cell phone numbers.

Voter Registration

Voter registration is an important long-term way to expand our Democratic Party base. We register voters at locations like Farmers’ Markets, libraries, the community college… and we also go to events like Pancakes on the Plaza and Fiesta. We also do door-to-door voter registration in areas with lower levels of voter participation. This is one of our best ways to reach new people.

We’ll be scheduling trainings. Stay tuned.

Community Service

The Community Service Program’s mission is to organize and provide volunteering opportunities that reflect the tenets of the DPSFC platform. Volunteering through the Community Service Program demonstrates that Santa Fe County Democrats are here to serve our community to build a stronger and healthier society for ALL. Current volunteer activities include working with Santa Fe Indigenous Center, the Food Depot, the Santa Fe Animal Shelter, Reunity Resources, Habitat For Humanity, Kitchen Angels, Mobile Shower units cleanups at city parks and more.  Click here for current schedule and partners.

Staffing the Office at 1420

As the elections get closer, we’ll be gradually increasing the staffing at our party office at 1420 Cerrillos. There’s always something to do, including dealing with people coming by to get a sign (currently our popular RESIST signs, later on we’ll have signs for candidates), buy one of our “Democrats Working for You” T-shirts, or dropping off or picking up postcards. There’s also phone calling, postcard writing, and help with preparations for upcoming events.

Data Entry & Information Technology

 If you have good computer skills, you could help with data entry - entering volunteers and other information into our database. We provide the training you’d need. And if you have more extensive computer skills, like database management, website construction and maintenance, etc. we can certainly use your help!