Political Volunteering?

[charby]

A lot of people are complaining about the outcome of the election but I am curious about the questions below.

So how many of you actually volunteer time with your political party of choice, volunteer to help out a candidate, knock on doors, make calls, etc.?

A lot of you also complain about the choice of candidates, have you went the extra mile to get a "better" candidate on the ballot?

[Perd Hapley]

Many years ago, I wanted to get involved in politics at the grass roots level. I found that it involved a lot of talking to strangers. And that is not something I am good at, and something that I hate doing.

[zxcvbob]

Yes, actually I did this time.  Are we supposed to give details?  I did not go door-to-door kissing hands and shaking babies, if that's what you're talking about; the candidates can do that.

[charby]

Many years ago, I wanted to get involved in politics at the grass roots level. I found that it involved a lot of talking to strangers. And that is not something I am good at, and something that I hate doing.

You can get elected/nominated to the Central Commitee of the county you live in. Volunteer a couple saturdays to deliver political signs (people call to the party or the canididate to get a yard sign) all you have to do is deliver it to the address. You can host a party at your house for your friends to participate in a conference call with a canididate, etc.

[Monkeyleg]

In 1994, 1996, and 1998 I worked on the campaign of a Republican congressional candidate. I put in a ton of hours dropping off literature, yard signs, doing phone banks, etc. I probably put in 20 hours or more a week in the active months of the campaign.

In 2000 I worked on the Bush campaign, doing phone banks and be a poll watcher. I did the same in 2002 for Scott McCallum's gubernatorial campaign.

From 2001 to 2006 I headed up the Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association and its political action committee. Besides helping on campaigns, I organized fund-raisers for the PAC. We raised $35,000 (not a lot, but a lot of work) in 2006, and lesser amounts in prior years.

Now I feel like I've done my time.

[DustinD]

I was an executive on the MN state LP committee for a while, and heavily involved in the MN LP for a few years around 2004. After that I worked solely on other political causes causes; guns, off road vehicle access, aviation, and a few others.