[Lnc-business] Fwd: survey former libertarians

[Craig Bowden]

While I am in favor of identifying the reasons for disaffiliation, as 
someone who has spent money on postcards for a campaign, it can be 
fairly costly. While there would be a discount for volume, as there 
would be over 5,000 pieces ordered, there is still postage to account 
for as well.

Is there perhaps another method, such as procuring the voter registry 
and contacting the individuals in person or by phone? I feel that would 
be far less money spent than doing postcards, which often times are 
merely discarded into the trash.

Regards,

Craig Bowden
Region 1 Alternate

On 2018-11-21 12:18, 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