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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
The article did not say. It was being used mainly by Mayoral candidates, but was used by one city council candidate (equivalent to Alderman, but in this case for a much smaller city, about 300,000 people).
I would think the whole thing is based on the various numbers - how many phone numbers are called, how many press the initial button, how many stay on the line for 1,5,10 minutes.
I ran my campaign for less than $3,000, but it was not overly effective. The front runner likely spends close to 6x that. To be worthwhile for a local candidate it would have to cost less than 25 cents for the initial dial out and then less then a dollar fir everyone who stays on the call. A candidate could hit 1000 sure fire voters, confirm that 600 will vote for him, change the minds of 100, for less than $4,000 - might be worth it.
Right now the telephone town hall is being credited with Toronto Mayoral Candidate Rob Ford's early spring push to the top of the polls.
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I really like the concept.... sort of like live blogging.
However, beyond my budget; unless some money angel comes out of the woodwork.