Despite being ill last week I still had an election campaign to run. I had to write speeches for hustings and be prepared to answer questions on my position, as well as running around pinning up posters (most of which were ripped down 5 minutes later by someone who has little or no respect for democracy and the student voice- I could rant for hours on that) and then for the 3 days that voting was taking place I had to stand outside the main building in gale force winds handing out of leaflets trying to encourage people to vote for me. I wasn't the only one there though, most candidates, whether running for full time roles like the President or VPs or the part timers like my role, did their bit to earn their votes
I was pretty concerned about being so far behind my opposition, she had been doing tower raids whilst I was in bed ill, and she had a much bigger campaign team running around for her. I know a lot of people, it helps working in the local pub, but she really got her name out there. To cut a fairly long and stressful story short I lost the election :( Personally I think I was the best person for the job and had the best points to put across (of course I would say that!), but in terms of campaigning Gemma deserved to win, I was just so tired that I was really struggling to compete with her. I'm glad I did it all though, I felt like at least I was trying to make a contribution to my community, and did something very few students do. Even if people didn't vote for me to win I gained some support. A part of me is also a little glad I didn't win- I won't have to do all at that extra work next year :P I still need a "project" to keep my scatty brain focused though- so I think I will be running for Aston RAG committee, still need to think about it thought, don't think I can handle to rejections! I'll get back to you on that one.
I was pretty concerned about being so far behind my opposition, she had been doing tower raids whilst I was in bed ill, and she had a much bigger campaign team running around for her. I know a lot of people, it helps working in the local pub, but she really got her name out there. To cut a fairly long and stressful story short I lost the election :( Personally I think I was the best person for the job and had the best points to put across (of course I would say that!), but in terms of campaigning Gemma deserved to win, I was just so tired that I was really struggling to compete with her. I'm glad I did it all though, I felt like at least I was trying to make a contribution to my community, and did something very few students do. Even if people didn't vote for me to win I gained some support. A part of me is also a little glad I didn't win- I won't have to do all at that extra work next year :P I still need a "project" to keep my scatty brain focused though- so I think I will be running for Aston RAG committee, still need to think about it thought, don't think I can handle to rejections! I'll get back to you on that one.
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