[Lnc-business] Fwd: survey former libertarians

[Sam Goldstein]

I don't see the LNC getting involved in this type of project for one 
state and not for every state that wants similar help, especially in our 
current financial condition.  I doubt the participation rate in this 
survey would be over 10% and most likely significantly less than that.

Do CO voter registrations include phone numbers?  If so then the LPCO 
should get volunteers to call these 5,000+ former registered 
Libertarians.  Or the state party can fund this project itself.  It 
would probably cost less than $5000 to print and mail postcards.

Live Free,

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Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell

On 2018-11-21 14:37, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> 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
> 
> ------------
> 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