Volunteering For A Politician

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Ok- long story short I'm a freshman, I like politics, I do a fair amount of political and government oriented EC's (well as much as is available for a freshman lol) Anyways, is it to late to volunteer for a 2014 midterm campaign? Also I live in California so Senator Boxer and Feinstein still (emphasis on the still, But I do like them though!) have 4(?) years in office. Gavin Newsom (one of my political icons btw) is off doing whatever a lieutenant governor does <em>ahem</em> nothing (but i still love you Newsom!), leaving me with good ole Jerry Brown- well and the house of representatives- but since the average american citizen is unaware their votes aren't direct they don't really matter huh...?</p>

<p>Ineffective and unsatirical (is that a word? lol) satires aside does anyone know how in the world I can volunteer for either Brown or the House of Representatives reelection. I assume Brown would be easier seeing as I don't even know who's running for the house, but I'm more than happy to check. I'm really interested to see what goes on behind a campaign, and I've heard girls like a guy that's volunteered for midterm elections. Seeing as my attempt at comedy is probably failing and more than anything is making this question unclear, let me summarize:</p>

<p>How do I volunteer for a politicians midterm election campaign? Is it too late and if not where do I go and who should I contact in order to get it done? Thank you! And sorry for wasting 2 minutes of your life with this horrible post- it's 12 and I'm sleepy ok!!!</p>

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<p>I can’t speak for the specifics in your area but many people hold political campaigns besides the governor, senator, and house incumbents. Check out “California Elections 2014 Ballotpedia” (not sure if I can link stuff here lol). </p>

<p>Anyways usually as for first time political campaign volunteers, they usually do phone banking, data entry, voter registration, visibility, and canvassing (knocking on doors). As you get more experience with campaigns field director/ organizor, event planner, etc.</p>

<p>Good luck and have fun! I hope this was somewhat helpful.</p>

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<p>Yes it is, thank you very much! :)</p>

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<p>It is not too late! Google the specific politician’s name, and go to their specific campaign website (not articles about them). Often there is a button to click to sign up to volunteer or a way to send a contact email where you could ask, or a phone number. Or (in your case) Google something like Democratic Party California and see if there is info on volunteering there.</p>

<p>You likely will be asked to phone bank or door knock. Don’t be intimidated by this, it is actually pretty fun (even for an introvert, which I am!). You will be phone banking with others and a script, and usually have a partner or team for doorknocking. Take your cell phone and charger if you are calling, my recent experiences have been that “phone banking” doesn’t always have enough land line or cell phones to go around, so if you have unlimited minutes on your own phone they will love you. :)</p>

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<p>Haha ok! Thanks Alot!</p>