Campaigning+at+hunt+middle+school

This is the story of my successful campaign for president. These are the three basic things that I think won me my presidency: signs, spreading the word, and my speech. I had a variety of handmade signs, some that were funny and cheesy, and others that were serious. I tried to please all audiences with my signs. The funny and kind of stupidly cheesy signs were designed to get the vote of people that didn’t really care about student council and would give their vote to whoever had the best signs. They were also meant to help make those people aware of the council in future by capturing their attention. The serious ones were designed to get the vote of those students who really did care about student council and who thought good representation was important. I had a lot of help from my friends since it is hard to make twenty signs all by yourself and still juggle homework and after school activities, but during the week I was campaigning I tried to make my campaign my priority. My friends also were very helpful in spreading the word. I asked them to let everyone know I was running, and also to help me figure out what issues were most important to people. I spread the word myself a lot also, especially at lunch time. A few times during my lunch I went around to different tables and asked them who they were voting for. If they said they were voting for my opponent I would ask them why, and then try to persuade them to vote for me. I think this helped a bit with my campaign because I got a few people on board, who otherwise would have voted for my opponent, Logan. Lastly, my speech was a key component in winning presidency. I made three completely edited drafts, and it took me a long time to choose which one was best. I ended up going with the speech that I thought spoke to a lot of different audiences. Most people make their decision based mainly on the speech that candidates give, so having a good speech is important. It is also extremely important not to look nervous when you are on stage. Nervousness, in my opinion is how the other presidential candidate, lost last year in 2014. No student is going to vote for a leader that gets nervous on stage, so even though I was very, very, nervous I tried my best not to show it, and to smile a lot when I was on stage. I very strongly any future candidates to put a lot of work into these three areas of campaigning.