Questions about running for the United States House of Representative.?

Question

Does it matter if the canidate is young (27) with no office experience, but extremely aware of issues and plans has past political experience working with members in office? What would get people to vote for you? Does it just matter for this kind of race to post banners around the neighborhood? Also going out to the public being fairs, but would people just vote for you, because they know your name? How can you get volunteers? How do you manage the campaing and fundraise?

Detailed answers are prefered!!

Answer 1

The keys to winning are money, media, organization and message. Can you raise several hundred thousand dollars? Can you get the media to cover you? Do you have a bunch of people willing to help your campaign by raising money, making phone calls, manning tables at fairs, etc.? Who are you running against? Is there some weakness that person has that would cause people to turn to you? When you can answer these questions, you'll know if you have a chance of winning.

Then, if you decide to run, get a good campaign manager to take care of getting you interviews, speaking engagements, etc.

Answer 2

You can run, you just have to be 25. And your questions are why you hire a campaign manager. You can't get bogged down in the details of the campaign. Get three main points of your campaign and stick to them no matter what. If your issue is clean water and someone asks you about off-shore gambling, turn the answer into one about clean water. Best of luck.

Answer 3

Do something to attract attention then get on TV and make your point. If you can convince enough people that you will be good for them, then you have their votes and in you go.

Answer 4

name recognition, and money, lots of it is all you need.

Answer 5

good question.