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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
Unfortunately too many people vote randomly for trustee positions. I know that I wasn't educated enough to vote in my area so I declined the ballot. I didn't want to vote based on the number of signs I saw but unfortunately there are many who do.
In my opinion to run a small trustee campaign, it is all about visibility. There is no way that you can get to enough doors to talk to everyone. Aldermanic and mayoral campaigns usually have larger teams that can do fairly organized drops and door knocks. And people are more familiar with the roles of aldermen than trustee. Unfortunately, people don't educate themselves on all the races but are probably too embarrassed to refuse the trustee ballot. As such, I would throw up a whole bunch of signs and do waving...if possible, raise some money and do a targeted lit drop.
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Ya, this was my thinking here. I put up a fair amount of signs, was at the C-train station many mornings (amongst the stations from Somerset to Heritage) and was waving on various street corners in the afternoons and mornings when people had enough of me at the C-trains. I was also at a couple of grocery stores on the weekends to just stand out there and try to get my message out. I did a fair amount of door-knocking, targeted lit drops and also went to elementary schools around the closing bell to meet the parents who were picking up their kids. I just throw that out there in case someone thinks to themselves that "you just do a, b, c and you could get elected". Here was a fairly typical day on the campaign trail to break it down:
6:00-6:30 Arrive at C-train/busy street corner and do your thing
8:00-9:00 Leave and head to work
3:00ish: Hit elementary school
4:00 until 6:00ish Busy Corner for more waving
7-9:00 Doorknocking
Those days were long. Then just add to that the answering emails, putting up signs, preparing for forums/meetings and you have pretty much done it all. Don't forget you will want to have some time in there to eat and maybe see your family! I'm not putting this here to say "woe is me". I just think that some people might find it interesting, and get a little more appreciation for how many hours go into a campaign like this, which by all standards is a tiny little campaign that almost gets no recognition behind the mayoralty and aldermanic races.
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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
BTW, 2809 votes is a pretty darn good result. 2809 people took time out of their busy lives to vote for you. That is certainly something to be proud of.
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I agree, and honestly I am more and more satisfied with the outcome. I said to my brother that day that I would be Jon Lord, and just like George Bush I can confidently say "Mission Accomplished!". I met a lot of great people during my campaign and it really is an honor when someone you don't know at all meets you and says that you are their number one choice!
