On a related note, Shea Silverman posted on his blog [0] about how he ran for office in an extremely cost effective manner. It was linked on HN about two month

On a related note, Shea Silverman posted on his blog [0] about how he ran for office in an extremely cost effective manner. It was linked on HN about two months ago [1]. > This year I ran for Florida House of Representatives District 49 (Orlando). I lost, but I got 31% of the vote and I only spent $3000. My opponent got 69% of the vote and spent $100,000 He open sourced [2] several tools that he used to do this. He advises participation in local hob-nobbing events (I presume this was a local Florida thing, but your local community may have similar), and More Facebook Advertising. He reminds us that signs should be big, and WILL be stolen. He also advised cultivating good relations with local media by doing press releases. While he was running for a state office, you could probably use similar tactics for more local things. 0: http://blog.sheasilverman.com/2016/11/how-to-run-for-florida-office/ http://blog.sheasilverman.com/2016/11/how-to-run-for-florida... 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13008071 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13008071 2: https://github.com/SheaSilverman https://github.com/SheaSilverman