How to Manage Political Volunteers
By Drew McKissick
American politics and public policy is moved by its citizens; specifically, ACTIVE citizens. It’s all about people. People work for candidates in their campaigns, cast ballots on Election Day, and then lobby those elected officials to help shape public policy once they get into office. But given that so few people actually do participate in…
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Identifying Conservatives for Action
By Drew McKissick
Whether we like it or not, few things matter in politics quite as much as numbers. Fortunately for all of us non-math majors out there, it doesn’t involve higher order calculus, but rather the most basic varieties of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. When it comes to organizing and being politically effective, the most…
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Politics is Spelled P.E.O.P.L.E.
By Drew McKissick
Politics is all about people. People agreeing, disagreeing and how they do it. Successful politics is about identifying MORE people that agree with you and working together to get something done on the things that you care about. Without people, you have no organization. Without organization, you have no campaign. Without a campaign, you have…
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Three Fundamentals of Political Campaigns
By Drew McKissick
It’s a fundamental truth of politics that if you don’t win, you can’t govern. You can’t implement policy if you aren’t elected to a position that allows you to do so, or if you don’t have sympathetic elected officials that are willing to help. With that being the case, it’s critical that conservatives know the…
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The Most Important Elements of Political Success
By Drew McKissick
Getting involved is one thing. Sticking with it is something else. Over two thousand years ago a Roman general wanted to prove to his soldiers that perseverance in combat was more important than strength. He had two horses brought before his men, one was a healthy stallion and the other was an old nag. He…
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The Fundamentals of Political Campaigns
By Drew McKissick
It’s a fundamental truth of politics that if you don’t win, you can’t govern. You can’t implement policy if you aren’t elected to a position that allows you to do so, or if you don’t have sympathetic elected officials that are willing to help. With that being the case, it’s critical that conservatives know the…
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Key Attributes of Good Conservative Activists and Leaders
By Drew McKissick
As you’ve surely noticed there are a lot of people involved in politics with many different strengths and weaknesses. But what kind do we need MORE of? What kind of people should you seek out and try to work with? What kind of people should you actively try to recruit and get involved in politics…
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Tips For Better Political Activism
By Drew McKissick
So you’re all excited or worked up about some issue, campaign or candidate and you decide it’s time to volunteer and try to make a difference. That’s great. But there’s always a risk that you’ll be overzealous, jump in to anything and everything with both feet and soon get burned out. When that happens, you…
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Mobilizing Conservatives for Action
By Drew McKissick
An old Chinese proverb says that “To know and not to do is not to know”. The whole point of identifying and informing conservatives politically is so that they can ultimately have an impact on something they care about. It’s one thing to get people riled up about something, but it’s another (more effective) thing…
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Four top qualities of great political volunteers
By Drew McKissick
If you’ve ever run or worked on a campaign, been a candidate for office, or just pretty much been involved in politics in almost any capacity, you’ve seen how important volunteers are to political success. And you’ve no doubt noticed that all volunteers are not created equal. Some are worth more than others, some better…
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