Have you ever volunteered for a political campaign?

[NOVA Green]

Sure, but never working directly for a Dem nor Pub candidate.

Some 25 year back when I was in High School, I volunteered  for an environmental Non-Profit organization that was focusing in on our local Rep in (OR-05).

At that time the Pubs held 2/5 CDs in Oregon, and CD-05 was targeted because "Reagan's Robot" Denny Smith was starting to take some major hits, especially around the wealthy 'burbs of Portland, Salem and surrounding areas, not to mention Mill Towns like Albany, as well as fairly traditional Dem strongholds like Corvallis and Monmouth/Independence.

So as a Teenage Kid, I went daily to the local HQ of the Environmental Non-Profit, found out really quickly I wasn't great at knocking on doors and asking for money, but instead shifted to providing my precinct level data and targeting to areas where there were the greatest opportunities based upon '88 Election Results, to take out an incumbent 'Pub in what was considered to be a reliably Republican CD up to that time....

Needless to say, although some might consider (OR-05) to be a potential swing district in the future, it's not looking that way anytime in the future, despite swings towards Trump in places like Keizer and Albany.

We held a victory party after the election in a "Hippie" Hot Spring resort, and although my Mom insisted on accompanying me on my overnight stay, it still worked out really well when we were all hiking through the Old Growth forests the next day, after a pretty awesome and dank veggie meal the night before.

Now, I have had family members in subsequent years that have volunteered for political campaigns, but quite frankly other than giving money to those that I support, it would take a pretty impressive candidate at the local or Presidential Level (GE) to get me to volunteer directly vs volunteering for Civil Society/Popular Organizations at this time.

[NOVA Green]

Never volunteered, although I did edit a candidate's wikipedia page earlier this year in exchange for renumeration from a different candidate's campaign.

Sounds sketchy....

Hopefully you were working on the right side of the law, or were just cracking a joke....

[NOVA Green]

More than I can count.

You Old Skool Pol you....

When you decide to retire from arguably one of the most underpaid, underappreciated jobs in the US with long hours and difficult working conditions in public service as an elected statewide Rep, you definitely have a wealth of talent on Atlas if you choose to do a side gig as a consultant, while you recoup the massive student loan debt incurred by working in the private sector.

Muon2, you're one of the best posters on the Forum, and seriously when it comes to working on political campaigns, you probably have deepest knowledge and background compared to virtually any other poster out here.