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Political Campaigning (Tuesday, Aprill 11, 4th period)
"Today we talk about field organizing," Josh said to the class. "You might've noticed that running a campaign looks a lot like sending an army into battle--and if you haven't noticed, please, please pay more attention--and field organizing is the 'boots on the ground' portion of your strategy."
He smiled. "This group marches on its stomach, too--pizza, sandwiches, coffee. Make sure you have lots of it. This is where you use your volunteers. Field organizing covers phone banks and door-to-door campaigning. For Democrats especially, this is where we have to do most of our campaigning because as hard as we fundraise, the Republicans are generally going to have more money. If you organize your volunteers and target your undecideds correctly, you can outthink your opponents. The South Dakota 2002 Senate race is a brilliant example of that--the Democrat there had field offices spread across the state and managed to contact every single voter at least five times before Election Day. There was a report that a volunteer was knocking on a door at the same time another volunteer was calling from the phone bank."
Josh grinned. "That, my friends, is saturation. So today I want you to make up a number come up with a rough idea of how many volunteers you think you'll need, with more for the weeks leading up to Election Day, of course. Will you pay them? Will you bring them in from out-of-state? Will you use a set of cunning robots? Whatever."
He sat down and put his hands behind his head. "As always, ask questions. Never be afraid to say 'I don't know.'"
A vat of green slime poured from the ceiling onto Josh's head.
"What. The. Hell?"
[OOC: Now in the right community! *headdesk*]
He smiled. "This group marches on its stomach, too--pizza, sandwiches, coffee. Make sure you have lots of it. This is where you use your volunteers. Field organizing covers phone banks and door-to-door campaigning. For Democrats especially, this is where we have to do most of our campaigning because as hard as we fundraise, the Republicans are generally going to have more money. If you organize your volunteers and target your undecideds correctly, you can outthink your opponents. The South Dakota 2002 Senate race is a brilliant example of that--the Democrat there had field offices spread across the state and managed to contact every single voter at least five times before Election Day. There was a report that a volunteer was knocking on a door at the same time another volunteer was calling from the phone bank."
Josh grinned. "That, my friends, is saturation. So today I want you to make up a number come up with a rough idea of how many volunteers you think you'll need, with more for the weeks leading up to Election Day, of course. Will you pay them? Will you bring them in from out-of-state? Will you use a set of cunning robots? Whatever."
He sat down and put his hands behind his head. "As always, ask questions. Never be afraid to say 'I don't know.'"
A vat of green slime poured from the ceiling onto Josh's head.
"What. The. Hell?"
[OOC: Now in the right community! *headdesk*]