Publisher's Synopsis
High school elections may be popularity contests, but this guide to becoming a successful high school politician reveals that with the right strategy anyone can win. Collected from more than 1,000 students recently involved in winning campaigns, advice is presented for a wide range of campaign tactics from techniques for running against even the most popular and qualified opponents to the most effective means of publicising a candidacy. Selections from successful high school speeches, posters, and handouts are provided, along with a large list of sample campaign slogans, and are accompanied by anecdotes from a nation-wide group of students about the smarts, drive, and guile necessary to win a student government position. Battle-tested techniques for both overcoming and utilising a major campaign obstacle -- adolescent political apathy -- are also included.
