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Jon Stewart: “Canvassing is always going to be kind of a blunt instrument.”

Featuring: Jon Stewart, Liberal, Progressive | Comedian and Television Host | National

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VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats & the Fight Ahead | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 11:13

… assume, like it is in television, we know more about the consumer or the viewer or the voter than we've ever known in the history of knowing things. And that Canvassing is always going to be kind of a blunt instrument. I think. Right. And one would argue, outdated, to be frank, with people having, you know, their nest and they're all the cameras. (11:13–11:17)

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Asserts that canvassing is an ineffective method for campaigns.

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