You're right that I could have done a bit more research before writing. But I had such an awful experience yesterday that I had to find out if I'm alone on this one. The feedback in the comment chain has been helpful and I think there's value in a community discussion, even if it doesn't make the front page.

Yes, I shouldn't have gone canvassing and I won't in the future. But I want to help and most of the volunteer work that seems to need to be done is this invasive stuff. There's only so much office and logistic work to be done and they have staffers for that.

And I'm still not entirely convinced that the negative reaction to incessant campaigning, at least in the high-profile campaigns, doesn't have negative consequences down the line. Negative ads work too, but they drag everyone down with them.