Earlier this week, I was told that I was running a very unorthodox campaign. If I win, it will be because of a grass roots effort, not the amount of advertising I can buy.
I am sure that when the campaign finance reports come out, pundits will look at the numbers and laugh.
I'll save you the trouble. My focus since I began walking precincts is on getting volunteers, not money.
If I have a flyer that a volunteer delivers, it costs me about 2.5 cents. If that same guy gave me the max, $400, and I used it to mail the flyers, I could mail about 250 flyers. If I have him deliver 12 times to 45 houses, I have put out 540 flyers and I have a local ambassador.
Most people don't give the max, so asking for money when they would volunteer is even less productive than the example above.
It is my expectation that if I can find enough volunteers, the funds to support them will follow. Build it and they will come.
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