[Lnc-business] Fwd: survey former libertarians

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

I'm open to it but am mostly replying to add an observation from DC. DC 
affiliate did a check-in mailing in October, both to all previous 
donors/members and to current registered voters, about 2,500 altogether. 
We haven't been official party long enough to have many who have 
switched parties. A lot of moved out of state, moved no forwarding 
address. The non-insignificant detailed replies from the non-renewals 
were that the person supports Trump now or that we're wrong on 
immigration.

JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837

On 2018-11-21 14:18, Richard Longstreth via Lnc-business wrote:
> Fellow LNC Members,
> 
>    Please read what Dave Aitken, Colorado, has written below. In short,
>    there have been many (about 5400) in Colorado who have changed their
>    registration from Libertarian and he would like the LNC to consider
>    funding in whole or part a postcard campaign to try to identify 
> their
>    reasons for leaving. If there is preliminary support I will craft a
>    motion. Thoughts?
> 
>    While I recognize that this would primarily benefit Colorado, the 
> data
>    collected could give us a blue print for other areas in the nation. 
> I'm
>    not sold on postcards, however.
> 
>    Richard
>    ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>    From: Database Manager <da***[1]ger at lpcolorado.org>
>    Date: Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 09:54
>    Subject: survey former libertarians
>    To: <[2]richard.longstreth at lp.org>
> 
>    Hi Richard:
>    I believe you've had some discussions with Roger Barris and Lauren
>    Daugherty about this. I spoke with Wayne Harlos (chair) about this 
> last
>    night at the Denver meeting. He told to run with it.
>    As a result of importing the SOS voter registration file over the 
> past
>    2-3 years, I have captured the names and addresses of over 5400 
> people
>    in Colorado who changed their registration from Libertarian to
>    something else. I expect to have another 1000 when I get the next 
> voter
>    file in February. They left the party for some reason or other. It's
>    possible that some of them moved and did not update their 
> registration.
>    I have the impression that everybody in LPCO leadership thinks we
>    should find out why they left.
>    I am suggesting sending a postcard to these people with a link to an
>    online survey (hosted by survey monkey, us, or someone else). The
>    postcard could say something like ""Hello: According to our records,
>    you changed your voter registration from Libertarian
>    to something else. Please help us understand why you did this and
>    answer some questions in our short, anonymous, online survey. You 
> can
>    start the survey by entering this web address in your internet 
> browser
>    address bar: [3]https://lp.org/survey1"
>    I am writing to you because 1) I believe this will benefit the 
> entire
>    party; and 2) LPCO can't afford to fund the whole cost. I estimate 
> the
>    printing and mailing cost for 7,000 postcards to be about $3,500. 
> I'm
>    assuming the cost for putting the survey online is minimal and that
>    processing the results can be handled in house.
>    Here's a possible list of questions for the survey. I think we 
> should
>    be brutally honest with ourselves and find out the truth. I don't 
> know
>    anything about polling or survey design, so suggestions are welcome.
>    ---------
>    1.  on a scale of 1-10, are national Libertarian candidates too 
> radical
>    or not radical enough?
>    2.  on a scale of 1-10, are state Libertarian candidates too radical 
> or
>    not radical enough?
>    3.  1-10, should Libertarian candidates be more mainstream or less
>    mainstream?
>    4.  1-10, is the LP effective or not?
>    5.  1-10, how far left or right is the party.
>    6.  if there is one political issue that caused you to leave the 
> party,
>    what is it? (dropdown)
>    7. if there is one management issue that caused you to leave the 
> party,
>    what is it? (dropdown)   (not organized, not effective, candidate
>    quality, too small, etc)
>    8.  1-10, where on spectrum between freedom and slavery do you fit?
>    9.  1-10, are Libertarian candidates professional or amateur?
>    10.  1-10, are Libertarian candidates regular people or not?
>    11.  1-10, do we need more govt, less govt?
>    12. Do you consider yourself  Socialist, Progressive, Liberal, Free
>    Market Conservative, Social Conservative,  Libertarian, Centrist,
>    Authoritarian
>    13. Current party affiliation (D,R,L,G,ACP,UAF,Other)
>    14. 1-10, did you get too much contact or not enough contact from 
> the
>    party.
>    --------
>    --
>    David Aitken, Database Manager
>    Libertarian Party of Colorado
> 
>    --
> 
>    Richard Longstreth
>    Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, KS, MT, NM, OR, HI, UT, WA, WY)
>    Libertarian National Committee
>    [4]richard.longstreth at lp.org
>    931.538.9300
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:ger at lpcolorado.org
>    2. mailto:richard.longstreth at lp.org
>    3. https://lp.org/survey1
>    4. mailto:richard.longstreth at lp.org