Best local us politics books according to redditors
We found 8 Reddit comments discussing the best local us politics books. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 8 Reddit comments discussing the best local us politics books. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I ran for an at large city council seat in a town of 50K people. My wife would have murdered me if I'd corrected her posture or behavior.
My advice for your significant other - spend more time reading literature on effective campaign strategies and less time correcting his "first lady" (which is an odd term since a councilmember's spouse isn't considered a first lady/man).
Unless he has billboards up all over town and commercials running at all hours, few people will recognize a city council candidate.
GOTV Green and Gerber
The Campaign Manager
Streetfight is what you are looking for.
Other books related to this topic in some form or another:
The New Localism
The New Geography of Jobs
The Public Wealth of Cities
Politics of Resentment
The Color of Law
City-County Consolidation
There's a (very) broad overview here. Running for a smaller public office is usually a stepping stone. Think of it as on the job training. Try to get elected to City Council or the local School Board or the various other smaller local political offices first and then use each success as a stepping stone higher up the chain. Eventually you'll be able to run at the state level which is where all of the previous campaigning and actual political experience comes into play. By the time you're ready for that you'll have people supporting you who know how to get you on the various ballots, raise funds, build a campaign, and so on. You don't need to know how to do it all yourself at that point.
You might try contacting your local City Hall or equivalent to see what's actually required to run for an elected office (whichever one you choose). If they don't have the information themselves they should be able to point you to the correct place to contact.
HowStuffWorks.com has an article on how to run for City Council which could be useful to get your foot in the political door. There's also a book on Amazon called How to Run for Local Office which seems to have good reviews.
I saw this book. I do not know of its quality, but it may be on interest to you. The title gives away what it is about: How to Win a Local Election.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Local-Election-Third/dp/1590771311
Short bio of my dad (He's willing to do an AMA in this thread if there is interest).
John Siceloff has won major broadcast television awards, with six national Emmys, the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award, the Peabody Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Overseas Press Club for Best International Documentary, and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism. He has worked as a producer, reporter, senior producer, senior broadcast producer, and executive producer at PBS, ABC, NBC, and CBS. He spent a dozen years working in Africa and Central America, developing an expertise in communications for development. Siceloff’s book about grass-roots activism, Your America—Democracy’s Local Heroes, is now available in paperback.
http://www.facebook.com/FixingTheFuture
Hope you enjoy!
No direct personal experience but had friends who where involved one way or another. My only advise would be to get involved in the community. If your neighborhood has a community group, litter picks up, newsletters, etc get out there and get known. Being a nobody won't get you very far. You need a network of people. Even though Pgh Council is thought of as local government the races are serious business. You will have to earn every vote by meeting as many people as possible. Door Knocking is still a thing.
I read this in college, it could be a good resource for you.
https://www.amazon.com/Campaign-Manager-Running-Winning-Elections/dp/0813348633
Have been Amy K fan For about a year, after a comment that I should check her out on this webpage. She wrote a book based on her senior thesis for gods sake. But does she “like beer, still like beer? https://www.amazon.com/Uncovering-Dome-Amy-Klobuchar/dp/0881332186
Since this is on the main page, I'm not afraid to threadjack a disaster story to point out this book:
Uncovering the Dome.
It's an interesting look at public/private partnerships in athletic venue construction. Basically, municipal state politics porn for nerds who are into that.