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Your political involvement

Your political involvement

  • Have served in public office in the past.

    Votes: 2 5.7%

  • Am in public office right now.

    Votes: 1 2.9%

  • Running for public office.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Considering or wanting to run for office.

    Votes: 3 8.6%

  • I work for elected officials or some high ranking government job.

    Votes: 6 17.1%

  • I help out with campaigns.

    Votes: 18 51.4%

  • I have no intention of running for office.

    Votes: 13 37.1%

  • I'm not sure

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other (Please explain)

    Votes: 9 25.7%
  • Total voters
    35
I'm a member of a political party out of Philadelphia. Don't get to be involved as much as I'd like to though
 
My political involvement? All in my head. I've never even voted. I have a small part of me that goes geek in public policy now and then, and when no one is looking I email my ideas to certain politicians from both sides, academics, etc. Rarely get a response. I think they prefer cash.
 
Muhammed said:
I just semi-retired this year. I'm a cement mason. And a lot of guys in the union are pressuring me to run for union office, a necessarily political position. But I don't want to. My wife and I have a baby on the way and right now I want to save my time for our baby. Maybe in a few years I'll run for office, and with all the union has done for me I sort of feel obligated to do so. Just not right now.
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as a long standing union official, your decision is disappointing
you obviously have co-workers who would support your candidacy
the reluctant official is usually the best kind
those who seek power, authority, recognition, insider information, special benefits on the job because of their union position tend to be the worst, because they are looking to enhance their own position and not that of their peers
if those like you choose not to participate, then you leave the union's leadership to those who do not deserve it
my youngest was born the night that i won my first federal trial, a title seven victory over my employer, on behalf of a female co-worker. i suspect you can allocate time to be both a good father and a good union official

on the other hand, if you delay your participation, your association with the former co-workers will wane, as will your inside knowledge of the work place. the opportunity to serve as a union official might dissipate
in my own instance, i continued my union representation after retirement. that retirement allowed me to be immune from the previous on-the-job threats to my job security. no longer subject to the agency's demands, i could openly solicit useful information using the freedom of information act. i could appeal to the media and to congress critters on my union's behalf, in ways which were impossible as an agency employee. but my knowledge about what is happening within the organization diminishes with each year of the decade i have been retired, because i am seldom at my former workplace. most of my efforts are now political and in the role of coaching officials with less experience

a union is only as good as the employees who participate in its operations. please do ponder the ways in which you might elevate your union as an officer of the organization
 
justabubba said:
as a long standing union official, your decision is disappointing
you obviously have co-workers who would support your candidacy
the reluctant official is usually the best kind
those who seek power, authority, recognition, insider information, special benefits on the job because of their union position tend to be the worst, because they are looking to enhance their own position and not that of their peers
if those like you choose not to participate, then you leave the union's leadership to those who do not deserve it
my youngest was born the night that i won my first federal trial, a title seven victory over my employer, on behalf of a female co-worker. i suspect you can allocate time to be both a good father and a good union official

on the other hand, if you delay your participation, your association with the former co-workers will wane, as will your inside knowledge of the work place. the opportunity to serve as a union official might dissipate
in my own instance, i continued my union representation after retirement. that retirement allowed me to be immune from the previous on-the-job threats to my job security. no longer subject to the agency's demands, i could openly solicit useful information using the freedom of information act. i could appeal to the media and to congress critters on my union's behalf, in ways which were impossible as an agency employee. but my knowledge about what is happening within the organization diminishes with each year of the decade i have been retired, because i am seldom at my former workplace. most of my efforts are now political and in the role of coaching officials with less experience

a union is only as good as the employees who participate in its operations. please do ponder the ways in which you might elevate your union as an officer of the organization
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I see your point and I will take that into serious consideration.
 
i'm just a voter and campaign contributor

a few moons back, i entertained idea of running for office... after speaking to a few campaign strategist, we all came to eh conclusion that i'm un-electable.... too many past skeletons ( i don't keep em in a closet, I own them) , i'm too brash and confrontational... i'm an asshole to stupid people... I swear to much, i have too many tats, and my "biker activities" would hold me back.

i'm an honest and forthright "bad boy".. and politics is a game for lying, corrupt, pencil necked "good boys"

**** em, i'd rather spend my days riding sleds and scoots...
 
I am interning for an elected official in my town and I've campaigned for both the NC Democrats and SC Republicans.
 
mmi said:
What about "I ran for an elected office but lost." That's a common experience. Why "high-ranking government jobs"? Do you mean political appointments?
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I should've added the lost option. Just vote Other.

And yes that's what I meant. Something like, Under Secretary of State for European Affairs, or even a Chief of Staff for a member of a State Legislature.
 
Rainman05 said:
Voting for the least ****ty people and hope they aren't screw-ups.

So that's why I pay attention.
I am not partisan and I'm not looking to join a party. I'm not looking to advertise for a party and I'm not looking to run for an office.

Generally, I want the people who I vote in power to do a good enough job so that they don't screw up my life so that I can actually achieve something that is actually worthwhile.
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Can you give an example of how they screw up your life?

(I'm not trying to sound like I disagree with you that they do - I'm just curious in which ways it affects you)
 
Tothian said:
Can you give an example of how they screw up your life?

(I'm not trying to sound like I disagree with you that they do - I'm just curious in which ways it affects you)
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Wasting public funds on BS projects.
Giving fat contracts to political clientele from the budget to reward them.
Screwing up important things like education and healthcare.
Borrowing money which I and those like me have to pay for. The debt is on our head, the government, the country, is the people.

and other such things.
 
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