How to Recruit Political Volunteers

Political campaigns need volunteers in order to be successful. Volunteers help keep costs down while providing the labor necessary to contact and influence potential voters. Volunteers can also help your campaign by convincing their friends, families and contacts that you deserve their vote. To take advantage of this free resource, you'll need to know how to recruit them. Read on to find out how.

Instructions

1. Use your personal contacts to get your first volunteers. People who already know you will be most likely to volunteer on your campaign.

2. Determine how much work you will need volunteers to do. Then, calculate how many volunteers you will need to do it.

3. Give each of your volunteers, and staff members if you have any, the responsibility to recruit a certain number of volunteers.

4. Notify student organizations that you are looking for volunteers, especially political science organizations or other student groups that may share your political goals.

5. Host a party or social event to attract additional volunteers Give your current volunteers the responsibility to invite their friends and publicize the event.

6. Contact your local political party for the names of people who have volunteered on campaigns in the past.

7. Pay people to do volunteer work. This can be used as a last resort or in times of intense need, such as get out the vote efforts on election day.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your volunteers busy while they are at your office. If they get bored, they might not come back.

• Use your membership in local associations to get the word out and attract more volunteers.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish