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If the election were held today, I wouldn’t tell you how I planned to vote, just as I am not telling you how I plan to vote even though the election shall not be held today. We have a secret ballot for a reason. Why do you insist that I voluntarily waive such privacy? Put yourself in my shoes: sure, I can appreciate it that you believe in what you’re doing. You could be watching football or taking a nap (both of which I was doing, to some extent, until your most recent visit), but instead you’re going from door to door bothering people.

If some random stranger showed up at your door and started interrogating you about various candidates and policy points, how would you feel? Maybe it would make your day to identify an ideological comrade, or fill you with moral superiority at the sight of someone who espoused positions you found disagreeable. Perhaps you would love telling this person all of your deepest desires for the legislative and executive branches of Wisconsin government, and enjoying an informative presentation about how you could get more involved. Please appreciate, as foreign to you as this may seem, that I would not. Indeed, I wouldn’t even tell you what I had for breakfast.

Thank you for your consideration,
Will Benton

Note to non-prosletyzing readers: please allow me to recommend the breakfast burrito at Pasqual’s Salsaria. I’ll be stopping by your door later to ask you whether, if brunch were held today, you’d order one or not.

I’m currently listening to Chroralvorspiel BWV 599: “Nun komm’, der Heiden Heiland” (Bearb. Busoni) from the album “Dinu Lipatti: Bach, Mozart, Scarlatti, Schubert” by Dinu Lipatti