The stamps have repeatedly sold out at post offices across the city as Democrats in the deep blue metropolis try to persuade swing state voters.
But other people in line immediately understood: the man was part of a postcard-sending campaign aimed at mobilizing swing state voters to the polls. Other customers in line had been sending postcards, too. Soon, they were talking about the ways they had gotten involved with the election. Shapiro described it as a “Kamala love fest.”
Unfortunately for the man seeking a thousand stamps, he wouldn’t get any from that office. According to Shapiro, the clerk told him that they had been sold out for weeks.
At post offices all over the five boroughs THE CITY visited — and especially in Democratic strongholds like the Upper West Side and Park Slope — postcard stamps have been selling out at an unprecedented pace. According to multiple postal workers, they suspect that’s due to New Yorkers taking part in postcard-mailing campaigns ahead of the November election.
Campaigns like Postcards to Swing States recruit volunteers to mail handwritten postcards to Democratic and independent voters in states like Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The idea is to boost turnout, and messages on cards don’t focus on particular candidates.
