Normalize Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well, Im running for president at my school and I want to know if any of you have any good ieas on how to win? Anything youve seen work for people when you were in highschool or at high school now? Anything thats helpful would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenticular_J Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hey, I'm running for that thing too! Well, winning. You just have to be more liked than your opponent(s). Especially at my school - we aren't allowed to actually campaign. If you get to give a speech, you give the [cabbage] outta that speech. catch it now so you can like it before it went so mainstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaah Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 From what I've seen, the presidents for student council have been actively involved for the whole time they've been at the school, they're relatively well known, and they're genuine, nice people. It seems to me that usually you have to be well-established as president material before running just by being the things I stated above. /FG/First thread post to when I joined the family.[hide=Insert rant here]blahblahblahLIFE[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foursideking Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Either bribe your way or spread rumors of the other candidates 'comprimising' themselves with the teachers. That's how bush won back in 2000, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fittyfive Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I was planning on running for President at my school, too. Good luck man. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 High School elections are basically popularity contests from my experience, and usually nothing that candidates say they'll do happens because they have no real power. Good luck with the election. If you're well liked, you should do fine. Last.Fm My Bloggy Proud to have served on Tip.it Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElkNight Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Woohoo for popularity contests! Give people candy. 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4ylan Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Woohoo for popularity contests! Give people candy. Seriously. Candy. And write your name on the candy too. But yeah, candy. Go with Candy. candyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy candy ~~~The Harpy List~~~Harpy Facts~~~It's Super Effective~~~The Beginning~~~Harpy Therapy Center~~~Alg~~~Jedi Harpy~~~Rohirrim~~~Attenuation~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Saying it's a popularity contest is a bit of an extreme way to saying being elected you need to know the most voters, the more voters you know the better chance you have of being elected so simply get your name out, get people to know you. Creating a facebook fan page would also be a smart way to get your name out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamtaro Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Try to play off students' emotion. Bring up some annual thing that maybe didn't go so well this year and promise to improve on it. Promise more dances (even though it never happens). Give some sort of candy/snack out with labels on each one with your name on it. When they see the ballot, chances are they won't know anyone, but they'll recognize your name, so they'll probably choose you. Also, if all else fails: funny = votes. Edit: Don't forget to bring up you're GPA if it's around a 4.0 (or "no grade below a B") and things like National Honor Society. If I were to run my campaign would consist of putting labels with my name on them onto Hershey Bars and passing them out at lunch. If allowed I would put posters up in the hallways. In my speech, I would mention how disappointing the year was for sports for us so we can be a better class than the seniors (try to bring huge student sections to more than just football games, etc.). I would mention academic strengths like my 3.9 GPA, no grade below a B, National Honor Society, tutoring a freshmen in Algebra and English, and making free study guides for finals that I pass out online. I would then bring up my 60+ volunteer hours since 2007 and how I have never received a detention. Or, of course, be the Football captain (which I'm not) and win a popularity contest. Pro Tip: Don't let anyone know you play RS. Player since 2004. All skills 1M+ XP."If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation..., then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping." - Sophocles"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Candy today. Candy tomorrow. Candy forever. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Squab Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 High School elections are basically popularity contests Woohoo for popularity contests! Give people candy. Woohoo for popularity contests! Give people candy. Seriously. Candy. And write your name on the candy too. But yeah, candy. Go with Candy. candyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy candy Pro Tip: Don't let anyone know you play RS. Candy today. Candy tomorrow. Candy forever. Everything I can think of summed up in these quotes. Mostly it's about name recognition, and associating your name/name recognition with candy. Popularity contest. Whoever is the most liked wins. Sort of the opposite, but not really, of real life elections; whoever is the least hated wins. /cynic Squab unleashes Megiddo! Completed all quests and hard diaries. 75+ Skiller. (At one point.) 2000+ total. 99 Magic.[spoiler=The rest of my sig. You know you wanna see it.]my difinition of noob is i dont like u, either u are better then me or u are worst them meBuying spins make you a bad person...don't do it. It's like buying nukes for North Korea.Well if it bothers you that the game is more fun now, then you can go cry in a corner. :shame:your article was the equivalent of a circumcized porcupineThe only thing wrong with it is the lack of a percentage for when you need to stroke it. Poignant Purple to Lokie's Ravishing Red and Alg's Brilliant Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyM Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 In my high school they surprisingly weren't actually popularity contests [Admin Edit: Attempting to publicly humiliate a user in your signature is inappropriate] Quit Runescape... Dec 2001 - Jan 2008 on and off... mostly off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Studio, I wouldn't go for all of the GPA and NHS stuff. The other students REALLY don't care about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 So what to student presidents even do? I never understood it. It's not like they have any power to actually change anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 So what to student presidents even do? I never understood it. It's not like they have any power to actually change anything.Well in my school, they were the undisputed leader of the ASB Club rather than the entire school. Handled yearbooks, dances, and other student stuff. How though, I don't know, they just did. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamtaro Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Studio, I wouldn't go for all of the GPA and NHS stuff. The other students REALLY don't care about that.It's something that would work well at my school. Since it's a private school, the parents (or in my case grandparents) lay down so much cash that the students pretty much all care about school. I don't know where the OP goes to school, but if the student body is generally apathetic about school/college, you may be right. Player since 2004. All skills 1M+ XP."If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation..., then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping." - Sophocles"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBeaver Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well, Im running for president at my school and I want to know if any of you have any good ieas on how to win?Get more votes than the other candidates. In my experience, it's nothing more than a popularity contest. Everyone is going to vote for their friend if they have one running and anyone who doesn't probably doesn't care. Make a couple jokes in your short speech, be charismatic, and make sure your speech is short. "The chief duty of the government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people." - James A. Garfield"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today." -Thomas Sowell"Profits are evidence of the creation of social value, not deductions from the sum of the common good." - Kevin D. Williamson #1 Warring 90+ Clan. Awesome Community. Click to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Make a couple jokes in your short speech, be charismatic, and make sure your speech is short. Yeah this. Attention spans are usually very short for election speeches, especially if everyone's forced to go during lunch/free period. Come up with a gimmick for your speech. I remember one guy my junior year played a guitar and sang the entire joke-filled speech Adam Sandler style. It was really funny. And on the GPA/academic thing, I wouldn't mention it. If you did that at my high school, people would just think you're bragging. People don't want to hear about how great you are, they want to hear about what you're going to do for them. (I went to a private school) Last.Fm My Bloggy Proud to have served on Tip.it Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterGreen Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Make your presence known, advertise yourself, and lead by example. Be as charismatic as possible. Try to talk to as many people as possible, (In a confident, charismatic manner. But listen well to their problems, and be extremely polite, no matter what they say.) and listen to them and their problems. Once you have a general consensus on what's bugging people, Lay out what you can do for them, and what they can do to help. Be open, but most importantly, be honest, and do what you think is right. Know you can't please everyone, but try and find a middle ground or solution that most can agree on. Stick to your principles, and don't be intimidated by criminal threats. Make plans for the future, not just the present. Remember the past, and try not to make the same mistakes that others have made. *Anthem of [sUBJECT COUNTRY HERE] starts playing* ^This is what I would say to a newly elected leader of a country. But trying to be elected school president? Works just as well. Sort of. Maybe. ... Definitely not over-dramatic. Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixfd64 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 You could always use Facebook. Remember that schools have no control over what you do in your personal time. ARENAscape: Baratus [AS] max hit: 166 with Moon Battle Hammer ixfd64 [AS] max hit: 116 with (untitled spell #2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 All you need is a funny speech. If you're funny, you get elected. I was elected for that reason. Didn't waste my time campaigning, making posters, etc. I wasn't even interested in student council. I only ran out of spite because the only other candidates were students who transferred from another school for IB. No doubt they only wanted to win to put something fancy on their letters while applying for universities. Didn't feel right that the president for my graduating year was someone who wasn't at the school for their entire high school career; no loyalty and all that. So I ran and won. It's not necessarily a popularity contest, but the funny guy will most of the time win. The Complete MTA Handbook | Runecrafting Pouch Analysis | Mobilizing Armies Locator Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 All you need is a funny speech. If you're funny, you get elected. I was elected for that reason. Didn't waste my time campaigning, making posters, etc. I wasn't even interested in student council. I only ran out of spite because the only other candidates were students who transferred from another school for IB. No doubt they only wanted to win to put something fancy on their letters while applying for universities. Didn't feel right that the president for my graduating year was someone who wasn't at the school for their entire high school career; no loyalty and all that. So I ran and won. It's not necessarily a popularity contest, but the funny guy will most of the time win.But the students already knew you. Wouldn't you say that that helped quite a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Although that may be a partial factor, it wasn't really a huge influence. Granted I was known within my own grade, I was never the popular type. My competitors were also well known within the grade, even though they had only attended the school for a year. The main reason funny wins is because it appeals to the lower grades (who, for the most part, you wouldn't know anyone in). In Canada (at least my part of Canada), high school consists of 5 grades (8 to 12). The 12's don't vote since they graduate in a month after the election, making it pointless. That leaves 8 to 11 as the demographic. Even if you are extremely popular within your own grade (which would be 11, since you have to be currently in grade 11 to run), that still leaves the 8-10 demographic untouched. Throwing random statistics out there, perhaps at most 10% will be influenced by any campaigning or whatnot you do. Even so there's 90% that really don't give a damn. Hell if the election assembly didn't let the students miss class, I doubt there would be as much of a turn out. So that aforementioned 90% will be completely reliant on the speech you give. For us, there was no bashing of competitors; basically the speech had to be clean. Therefore, you can't focus on how you're better than _ or how _ can't do _ because of _. You have to market yourself through a funny speech. Funny sticks; everything else just goes in one end and leaves the other. The Complete MTA Handbook | Runecrafting Pouch Analysis | Mobilizing Armies Locator Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normalize Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 I won fyi ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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