Actually, last year it went more like this:
Doorbell, 90lb shepherd freaking out.
Democrat at the door (nervously looking at the dog now sitting at the top of the stairs where I told him to stay): “Hi, I’m so and so from the Democratic party and I’d like to talk to you for a minute.”
JayS: “You have 10 seconds to get off my property or I will release the hounds.”
Democrat no longer at the door: “poof”
JayS (to himself): “Man that guy can run fast”
The really funny part is the Republican rep stopped by a couple days later and the dog only barked a little to let me know someone was coming up the driveway. So it’s true, dogs can sense evil.