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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

If you want to take part in the life of your community, a good way to do this is to stand as a candidate in local political elections. A local political post covers an area 80 km from your home in any direction. The size of the boroughs differs from state to state, but local, for example, means close to home. A political candidate must understand important aspects of a political campaign. The following tips provided should help you increase your chances of winning local elections.

Steps

1. 1 Decide which elected office you think will have the most impact.
2. 2 Assess your skills, experience and interests. This will help you determine which office and in which sector of government (county, city, state) your skills will best serve the community.
3. 3 Determine if you have sufficient funds to start a political campaign. If you are running for election, be aware that it can be very expensive. Alternatively, you can target the broader masses to spend less on your campaign.
4. 4 Ask for the views of people close to you, people in the community and local organizations about your decision to run for office and find out if you will have support in the community.
5. 5 Explore your society. It is very important to look beyond the points that you think need to be changed. Be actively involved in community life on issues that you think need to be improved.
6. 6 Make a list of community leaders who are respected and trusted in your community. Pay a visit to these people to ask them for advice, consultations, and inquire about their possible support for your political campaign.
7. 7 After you have paid a visit to your community and political leaders, create a platform that will best serve your community. Then write your "campaign" speech - this is a speech that will make it clear that you are a good candidate, talk about how you want to improve society and, most importantly, you ask for their support.
8. 8 Depending on the sector of government you will run for, you can hire a campaign manager or hire an experienced community leader to help you coordinate your political campaign. A good campaign leader will be smart, organized, focused, and willing to work as hard as you do. He will keep track of your schedule, appointments and small details.
9. 9 Know your limits - physical and psychological. The process of running for office can be exhausting, no matter which sector of government you choose. A political campaign is a 24-hour job and does not end with voting on election day. A good tip is to consider this a marathon, not a sprint. This means that you have to find a comfortable rhythm that you will maintain throughout the campaign.
10. 10 By now, your involvement in community life has inspired volunteers who will want to support your candidacy. It is you who should motivate the volunteers, and your campaign leaders (if you have any) should organize them. Organization is essential for volunteers to work as efficiently as possible. Make sure you take proper care of the volunteers, after all, they will work for you for hours without pay.
11. 11 A successful campaign most often needs to have universal coverage, which allows the candidate to meet with many members of the community and learn from them - what, in their opinion, is lacking in the community. It will also allow a candidate to ask permission to place campaign posters in support of his candidacy at their polling station. Campaign posters are a great way to visually demonstrate that you have community support. People love to see their candidates in person and are pleased when you personally ask for their support. Especially when they go to vote on Election Day!
12. 12 Make brochures, banners, bumper stickers, badges to hand out when visiting voters at home, at community events, in parks; wherever there are people, you and your volunteers should be there. Consider a public mailing of literature about your campaign targeting regular voters. Note: It is important that your brochures and brochures comply with all local laws.
13. 13 Organize events that voters can attend to meet with their candidate. These events don't have to be loud or big. They are for you to share your plan and why you are the best person to serve your community. And the main part of your conversation is that you have to ask for their support. These events can also attract press attention. In many cities it can be quite difficult, sometimes almost impossible, to get the attention of the press covering local elections, but you can try.
14. 14 Your campaign may issue press releases in the local media, but don't expect them to constantly print stories about your elections. You can also gain a strategic advantage by advertising in a local newspaper or advertising on a local radio station, but this will incur additional cash costs. Check with your campaign manager or, if you are running a campaign, consider the effectiveness of these efforts. You should know if members of your community read newspapers and what their most popular radio station is. If you cannot answer these questions, you need to try harder. If you don't know what your society is like, how can you hope that they will choose you to represent their interests?
15. 15 Fundraising campaigns can be small or large, it is not the size of the crowd, it is the amount of donations. Depending on the post you are looking for or how you, the candidate, determine in advance how you will manage your campaign - the amount of your donations will depend on this. You decide to spend, spend, spend, or approach the broad masses of people. Both styles will win the election, this is a decision you must make as a candidate. Consider the views in your community when you are setting your campaign budget. You need to know if they will be more impressed with a large-scale campaign or if they think it is better to target the general public. In local elections, more often than not, the number of people covered is more important than the amount of money spent on the campaign itself. Note: Campaign finance laws are very strict and it is important that you have someone who can do the bookkeeping properly.
16. 16 There is no easy and simple way to win elections, but if you follow the tips above, you will increase your chances of winning. You may have noticed that I never mentioned opposition because the only candidate you have to worry about is your own. Don't waste time discussing your opponent; this time is better spent convincing you that you are the ideal candidate.
17. 17 In local elections, the most important factor is personal contact with voters. There are so many people out there today who will make you believe that you need to create a new person or spend a lot of money to impress potential voters. Wrong! Again, a candidate who walks many miles, shakes hundreds of hands, and rings hundreds of doorbells will almost certainly win. In local elections, you are primarily dependent on the people and try to meet with almost every voter in the area.

Tips

• Create a program you believe in. You will repeat it over and over again throughout the entire pre-election race, and if you do not believe in your program, then none of the voters will believe.
• If you can announce your candidacy ahead of time, you will frustrate other candidates' plans to follow the same path.
• Campaigns are won through diligence and hard work, and much of your success depends on surrounding yourself with good people. Hire reliable people you can trust and always be attentive to all your volunteers.
• Have fun! Running for office is serious business, but you should enjoy meeting new people, new places, and fighting for what you believe in!
• Check with your family, because whether you like them or not, they will become part of your political aspirations, and they, too, will experience ups and downs. Better to prepare them ahead of time about what might happen. In politics - national and local - anything can happen within the framework of the law.

Warnings

• Investigate any legal restrictions on the elective office you are looking for and make sure you meet all the criteria.
• Make sure you know all local electoral laws in the area where you intend to run for office.
• Your past may be on the public display due to the position you hold. Before you start your campaign, think about moments in the past that might seem embarrassing or too personal. This includes your family, all politics is dirty business and some people in it do not take into account any conventions.
• This activity is known to cause premature aging. Don't believe me? Look on Google for photos of the last four presidents before they took office, and then compare them with their current photos. This is, of course, a joke proposal, but it makes sense. You may not be running for politics, but politics at all levels is stressful.