Welcome to the Candidate Podcast Section of GOPAC. Below you will find audio tutorials for each step in a successful campaign.
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PREPARING FOR TAKE-OFF 30 Pieces of Advise for a Challenger Candidate’s First 30 Days Featuring Joe Gaylord
Joe Gaylord answers 3 of the most common questions asked by a candidate just starting out in a challenger campaign.
- What do I say?
- What do I do?
- How do I pay for it?
CHARTING THE COURSECampaign advice for challenger candidates
Featuring Joe Gaylord
This audio discusses the crucial first stages of a challenger campaign for office and will help you lay out a successful framework for a winning campaign. Joe Gaylord shares with you his insights, from the very basic: know why you are running; to the more sophisticated notions of proper language in front of the electorate.
STAYING THE COURSECampaign advice for incumbents
Featuring Joe Gaylord
This audio discusses the crucial first stages of an incumbent’s campaign for office. Joe Gaylord shares with you his insights, from the very basic: there is no set formula for getting re-elected; to the more sophisticated notions of proper language in front of the electorate, will help lay out a successful framework for a winning campaign.
WHEELS DOWN
Part 1 &
Part 2Managing the last 10 weeks of your campaign
Featuring Joe Gaylord
In this audio, Joe Gaylord outlines what you must do during the last 10 weeks of your campaign. All the hard work, all the phone calls, and all the sweat equity you have put into your campaign will mean nothing if you cannot pull it all together in the closing weeks.
In Wheels Down, Joe Gaylord shares with you insights about the final weeks of a campaign he has learned from years of hard work and success.
ENDGAMEYour Campaign’s Election Day Activities
Featuring Joe Gaylord
Endgame deals with the final days of the campaign and especially Election Day. This is the most important day in the life of the campaign. It is the culmination of all your hard work - the day you claim victory.
The campaign that delivers more voters to the polls wins. You can increase the participation of your voters in the election by taking the time to identify your likely voters, contacting them with persuasive messages, asking them to vote for you on Election Day and by organizing a system of who is and who is not showing up at the polls.
In this audio, Joe Gaylord shares with you his years of experience in running winning campaigns to tell you just exactly how to do these things.