Campaigning on Principle » survey rest ruby on rails libertarian campaigns http://blog.libertariancampaigns.com LibertarianCampaigns.com blog Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:02:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Survey is live! http://blog.libertariancampaigns.com/2008/05/21/survey-is-live/ http://blog.libertariancampaigns.com/2008/05/21/survey-is-live/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 17:09:38 +0000 admin http://blog.libertariancampaigns.com/?p=3 Yesterday I finished getting the Candidate Survey working, so please start filling out your answers – I appreciate very much your participation!  If you notice any errors in the survey technically, please let me know.  It’s the first time I’ve built an application using REST and Ruby on Rails, so there’s certainly the possibility of errors.

Here are the questions that the survey asks:

1 Please briefly list the times you ran for office, the position sought, and the results:
2 What was your experience like? Did you enjoy running for office, do you feel like you reached anyone?
3 How did you measure success? Did you meet your own expectations? What do you feel prevented your campaign from having further success?
4 How much money did you raise? Describe some of the ways you promoted your campaign (tv/radio/print advertising, direct mail, door knocking, fairs, parades, etc):
5 When did you join the Libertarian Party, and what attracted you to it? Have you always considered yourself a libertarian?
6 Please describe some of the most memorable experiences you had on the campaign trail? (ie, very rewarding, discouraging, or humorous experiences)
7 How did the other candidate(s) react to your presence in the race?
8 What sort of reactions did you get from voters and from media?
9 Do you feel like you made a difference – would you do it again?
10 This survey is necessarily vague and simple, so please add anything else you would like to comment on here:

As I noted elsewhere on the survey and LibertarianCampaigns.com website, please keep in mind that these questions on the survey are not meant to be all inclusive, they are just a starting point to help me gather some basic information and stories from candidates.  You shouldn’t assume anything about the content of the book based on the questions, since the story I tell will ultimately depend a lot on the feedback I receive from candidates.  So please tell me your favorite stories from you campaign, good or bad!

And thanks again for your participation!

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