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Sec 1 (Biographical Data) - January 30th
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Information w/o Rationales
Presidential Biography:
Name - Mark Vincent Cole
Political Affiliation - Democrat
Race: Caucasian
Place of Residency - Scranton, Pennsylvania
Age - 47
Marital Status - Married to Amy Jackson Cole (46) for 21 years
Civil Engineering Degree from Pennsylvania State University (1988-1992)
Civil Engineer (1994 - 2015)
Children - Max Tobias Cole, 19; Jaime Anne Cole, 15
Religious Affiliation - Non-Denominational Christian
Prior Occupations - Lawyer (1993 - 2001)
- Lackawanna County Judge (2001 - 2005)
Current Occupation - Pennsylvania Senator (2005 - 2015);
Committees: Finance, Armed Services, Energy and Natural Resources, Veterans’ Affairs
Schooling - Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Columbia Law School
Hobbies - Spending time with his family and their dog, Jax, volunteering with the Red Cross,
and playing classical guitar, and reading.
Vice Presidential Biography:
Name - Jonathan “Jake” Frank Weaver
Race: African American
Place of Residency - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Age - 49
Marital Status - Married to Gwendolyn Lillian Weaver (49) for 22 years
Children - Sam Thomas Weaver, 13
Religious Affiliation - United Methodist
Prior Occupations - House of Representatives of New Mexico
Current Occupation - New Mexico Senator
Schooling - Bachelor’s Degree from University of New Mexico School of Law
Biographical Information w/ Rationales

Presidential Biography:
Name - Mark Vincent Cole
The name Mark screams American to me, and also has some Biblical ramifications - it appeals
to the more Conservative crowd and religious folks without being overt about it. Also, I’m
tinkering a slogan from a popular game series titled Gears of War for the sake of using “The
Cole Train” in some way, shape, or form.
Democrats tend to have greater footholds in more populated areas of the northern United
States, and despite the fact that I tend to lean more Republican in my own views, I want to
change it up a bit and campaign upon views that I do not necessarily stand behind.
Place of Residency - Scranton, Pennsylvania
In the footsteps of John F. Kennedy, it has been proven that having a member of a running pair
living in the south will greatly help with attaining Republican, Conservative votes in the Southern
United States
Age - 47
47 strikes me as an age in an area that doesn’t scream old white male, but still has potential
appeal to both older voters as a working man and younger voters as a pseudo-father figure.
This also has allowed some ample time for political experience.
Marital Status - Married to Amy Jackson Cole (46) for 21 years
Civil Engineering Degree from Pennsylvania State University (1988-1992)
Civil Engineer (1994 - 2015)
Marriages seem to almost be a dying art in the United States. However, being married does
give off the vibes that somebody has family values and cares about others ardently.
Children - Max Tobias Cole, 19; Jaime Anne Cole, 15
Mark being father of two children gives off more of a feeling that he is a family man while
simultaneously boosting the father figure imagery mentioned earlier. Also, having a child in the
college- age demographic will hopefully attract more young voters.
Religious Affiliation - Non Denominational Christian
Protestantism is the most popular religion in the United States according to polls, and this will
allow for connection to those voters who fall within the Protestant category. It also shows that
the candidate is open to many forms of religion.
Prior Occupations - Lawyer (1993 - 2001)
- Lackawanna County Judge (2001 - 2005)
A greater majority of Presidents have started out their political careers as lawyers. Having
experience as both a Lawyer and County Judge shows not only a commitment to helping other
people and pursuing justice, but an ingrained knowledge of politics.
Current Occupation - Pennsylvania Senator (2005 - 2015);
Committees: Finance, Armed Services, Energy and Natural Resources, Veterans’ Affairs
A great number of Presidents have also served time within one or both of the chambers of the
legislative branch. Using this as a political stepping stone, it shows experience and knowledge
with working collaboratively to pass legislation and get work done.
Schooling - Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is one of the best law schools in the northeastern United States. Having
attended an excellent law school will equate to a greater understanding of law, which has been

a starting point for many Presidents in United States history.
Hobbies - Spending time with his family and their dog, Jax, volunteering with the Red Cross,
and playing classical guitar, and reading.
It is very important for a candidate to come off as caring to the public. Spending time with his
family and volunteering with charitable organizations is great information in the public eye, and
having a well-cultured background helps with publicity in good ways as well.
Vice Presidential Biography:
Name - Jonathan “Jake” Frank Weaver
Jonathan is a name that makes me think of strength, but kindheartedness as well. Also, using
the nickname of Jake for him gives off a friendlier image for younger Americans and is catchy,
much like how Dwight Eisenhower came up with the “I Like Ike” campaign for its catchiness and
applicability to many peoples.
It only makes sense to have a running mate as the same political affiliation as the Presidential
candidate.
Race: African American
The massive success of President Obama’s campaign with African Americans is proof that race
can play a key factor in gaining support for election. Having an African American running mate
seems an effective means of garnering support from minority groups in America.
Place of Residency - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Much like John Kennedy’s strategy of having Lyndon Johnson as a running mate, the fact that
Jonathan lives in a Southern state will allow more Southern voters to connect, despite
disparages between Democratic and Republican views.
Age - 49
Having a Vice Presidential candidate who is slightly older than the Presidential candidate gives
a feeling of wisdom, but also gives voters the image that the President is willing to take the reins
and face the bull head on ahead of those elder to him and those possibly with more experience.
Marital Status - Married to Gwendolyn Lily Weaver, 49
Very similar to the rationale listed for Mark’s marriage above, but this also has some boosted
applicability; Southern areas are more prone to support a married candidate since Southern
areas have traditionally supported family action more than Nothern areas.
Children - Sam Thomas Weaver, 20
Having a child that is in college will be an extremely easy route to connect with voters who are
also in college. Using this as a connection will help to bring out a voting demographic that
typically does not vote very often, a strategy employed by Barack Obama very effectively.
Religious Affiliation - United Methodist
This part of the equation is really just a matter of my personal religious doctrines; this piece of
biographical information mirrors myself more than the rest do. United Methodists tend to take
more liberal stances on issues than more controversial religions such as Catholicism, which is
always a target of criticism on the Pope’s behalf.
Prior Occupations - Lawyer, House of Representatives of New Mexico
Having one running mate with experience in the House of Representatives seemed pertinent.
Current Occupation - New Mexico Senator

Essentially the same rationale as above- political experience is important for attaining higher
offices, including Vice President of the United States.
Schooling - Bachelor’s Degree from University of New Mexico School of Law
It’s close to home and it’s an accredited law school, therefore making it a logical choice for
schooling.
Sec 2 (Platform) - February 7th
- Covers get shared
- Do as many planks for platform as I want; can let Fitz know about doing a rationale for
only arbitrary 20 planks or so with rationale, can put on more planks without rationale if
desired.
Topics (Alphabetically Sorted)
5 major planks are underlined
Abortion
- National legalization of abortion, choice must be guaranteed.
- Give high-quality options as alternatives for women with unplanned pregnancies.
Budget/Economy

- Cut deficit by at least 50%
- Raise minimum wage to $10.50 an hour.
- Proactively combat debt ceiling shutdowns.
Business
- 25% tax cuts for small businesses.
- Restrict tax breaks and bailouts for large corporations.
- Offer tax benefits to companies keeping jobs in America.
Civil Rights
- Push for full legalization of same-sex marriage across the country.
- Support of Affirmative Action Programs to help end racial and gender discrimination.
- Fight for equal rights for disabled persons in every situation.
- Put an end to capital punishment in America.
Education
- Push for implementation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses
across the board.
- Keep kids active with physical education classes K-12.
- 10% increase in Pell Grant payouts.
- Healthier lunches for kids in public schools.
- Fight to keep teachers employed.
- Tax credits to adults who are returning to college to earn a degree.
Environment/Energy
- Work to finish Keystone Pipeline and maximize its profitability to America.
- Make use of United States resources whilst sustaining environmental factors.
- Fight back against deforestation, both by natural disaster and manmade work.
- Give tax breaks to companies that invest in green energy.
- Fund research into fossil fuel alternatives.
Foreign Policy
- Work towards nuclear stability around the globe.
- Establish better transparency between nations such as China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran,
the nuclear powers of the world.
- Fund and maintain humanitarian aid to nations in need of basics like food and water.
- Work towards peaceful resolution of Syrian conflict.
- Support Egyptian, Israeli, and other Middle Eastern nations dealing with armed conflict.
Gun Control
- Maintain current levels of gun control while enforcing current policies and regulations.
- Reduce restrictions on ammunition purchasing.
- Implement mandatory background checks at gun shows.
Health Care
- Every American should have affordable health care.
- Nobody shall be discriminated against for coverage.
- Upkeep choice of physicians, even in governmental health care guidance.
- Support research into infectious diseases
- Support research into cancer and other non-infectious diseases.
Homeland Security

- Full visibility between government and citizens for information gathering.
- Place emphasis on cyber security as well as physical security.
Immigration
- Take a firm stand against illegal immigration, but support those who immigrate legally.
- Give everybody equal access to the American Dream, regardless of origin or background.
Military
- Reduce amount of predator drone strikes used over the next 4 years.
- Maintain peace between North Korea and the United States, ease tension between North and
South Korea.
- Achieve peace with terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab in the Middle East.
- Work towards unanimous gender equality in the United States Armed Forces.
- Reduce United States military presence in occupied, peaceful areas.
Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid
- Keep Social Security in the hands of the government and out of the hands of private
companies.
- Adjust retirement age based upon changing medical benefits and life expectancies.
- Expand coverage for medical expenses such as medication under Medicare and Medicaid.
Taxes
- Cut taxes for middle class, working families.
- No tax cuts for wealthiest families.
Technology
- Maintain net neutrality.
- Work towards free internet access for all Americans.
- Ensure funding to advance medical research.
Planks w/ Rationales (rationales for 20 of them)
Topics (Alphabetically Sorted)
5 major planks are underlined.
Abortion
- National legalization of abortion, choice must be guaranteed. Abortion is a hotly debated issue
in the United States and it is certainly a divisive one at that. According to ontheissues.org,
Democrats are strong supporters of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision and believe that
it is not the duty of the government to get in the way of “an intensely personal decision between
a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy” ("Democratic party on abortion," 2012).
Appeals to women because it supports women’s rights.
- Give high-quality options as alternatives for women with unplanned pregnancies.
Budget/Economy
- Cut deficit by at least 50%. The economy has been a hot topic for generations in the United
States, so I believe that it should be a major objective of the campaign to reduce the deficit and
help bring the economy back to a surplus. An article written by Stephen Dinan in October of
2013 takes a look at the decreasing deficit since the height of the recession during Obama’s
Presidency (Dinan, 2013). Appeal to those who are concerned about the economy.

- Raise minimum wage to $10.50 an hour. The minimum wage is being fought over today as
whether or not to raise it higher than $7.25 and permanently adjust it for inflation as time goes
on. In an article written by Gene Sperling and Alan Krueger, Director of the National Economic
Council and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers respectively, the authors describing
the reasons that raising the minimum wage would be beneficial and why it should be raised for
those reasons, such as providing a boost to families that sustain themselves on minimum wage
incomes and injecting spending money into the economy (Sperling, 2013). Appeals to anybody
who works on minimum wage hourly pay.
- Proactively combat debt ceiling shutdowns.
Business
- 25% tax cuts for small businesses. The Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012 gave a tax
deduction of 20% to small businesses (businesses with fewer than 500 employees). This tax cut
proved effective in producing jobs across the nation by allowing business owners to invest more
capital in their businesses and expand. Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, wrote an article
about the SBTCA on his website (Cantor). Appeals to small business owners and those working
in small businesses.
- Restrict tax breaks and bailouts for large corporations. Large corporations are a large part of
the American economy, but that should not exempt them from paying taxes that they are easily
capable of tackling. Jillian Berman compiled a list of just 8 examples of extreme tax breaks for
corporations in a Huffington Post Article from 2013 (Berman, 2013). Appeals to those who are
opposed to big business, mainly Democratic voters.
- Offer tax benefits to companies keeping jobs in America. One thing that Obama did a couple of
years ago was offer tax breaks for manufacturers that keep jobs in or bring jobs back to the
United States. Keeping jobs in the United States should be a priority (Goldman, 2012). Appeals
to anybody whose job is at risk for outsourcing.
Civil Rights
- Push for full legalization of same-sex marriage across the country.
- Support of Affirmative Action Programs to help end racial and gender discrimination.
Affirmative Action has proven an effective method for making up for past discrimination in the
workplace, as explained by the American Civil Liberties Union on their website (“Affirmative
action”). Appeals to women, people of a demographic other than caucasian, and anybody who
would experience workplace discrimination.
- Fight for equal rights for disabled persons in every situation.
- Put an end to capital punishment in America.
Education
- Push for implementation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses
across the board.
- Keep kids active with physical education classes K-12.
- 10% increase in Pell Grant payouts.
- Healthier lunches for kids in public schools.
- Fight to keep teachers employed.
- Tax credits to adults who are returning to college to earn a degree.
Environment/Energy- the environmental/energy planks come as more of a blanket category to
address voters who are concerned with the environmental well-being and energy sustainability

into the future. Sustainable development is important to the continued prosperity of America,
and it is important to not only utilize America’s natural resources but also protect its
environmental assets.
- Work to finish Keystone Pipeline and maximize its profitability to America.
- Make use of United States resources whilst sustaining environmental factors.
- Fight back against deforestation, both by natural disaster and manmade work.
- Give tax breaks to companies that invest in green energy.
- Fund research into fossil fuel alternatives.
Foreign Policy
- Work towards nuclear stability around the globe.
- Establish better transparency between nations such as China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran
(nuclear powers).
- Fund and maintain humanitarian aid to nations in need of basics like food and water.
- Work towards peaceful resolution of Syrian conflict.
- Support Egyptian, Israeli, and other Middle Eastern nations dealing with armed conflict.
Gun Control
- Maintain current levels of gun control while enforcing current policies and regulations. A study
by Harvard University shows that stricter gun control does not correlate to less violent crime
rates. Current regulations in the United States have proven generally effective, so there is
reason to believe that stronger enforcement of current gun laws will help to reduce violent
crimes over time, paired with awareness from recent tragedies (Hawkins, 2013). Attempt to
appeal to firearms proponents and weapons enthusiasts.
- Prevent restrictions on ammunition purchasing. One major issue over gun control is the
bottlenecking of ammunition, namely rounds like .22 and .223 caliber. The heavy restriction of
these ammunitions not only prevents money from going into circulation, but wrongfully prevents
law-abiding Americans from acquiring ammunition causes unnecessary fear over shortages
("Ammunition flies off store shelves," 2013). Also appeals to weapons enthusiasts
- Implement mandatory background checks at gun shows. Gun shows are a machine for
economic growth of firearms companies and retailers, but it is important to examine the details;
purchasers can acquire weapons without background checks. We do not wish to end gun
shows, but it is important to address known issues within the system and correct them, such as
the issue of acquiring firearms without background checks (Garrett). Appeal to those supporting
stricter gun control.
Health Care
- Every American should have affordable health care. The Obama administration has taken
massive steps towards a reorganization of the American Health Care system with the Affordable
Care Act. Obama’s goal is to reach all Americans with the Affordable Care Act, and this platform
would ensure that the Act’s progress continues and reaches every American. The government’s
health and human services website gives a good run down of the effects of the ACA (“About the
Law”).
- Nobody shall be discriminated against for coverage.
- Upkeep choice of physicians, even in governmental health care guidance.
- Support research into infectious diseases
- Support research into cancer and other non-infectious diseases.

Homeland Security
- Full visibility between government and citizens in areas of intelligence gathering. In recent
years and even months, information gathering has become a controversial thanks to agencies
such as the National Security Agency and their gathering of intelligence from both United States
citizens and foreign allies and enemies of the United States. Establishing transparency between
the citizenry of the United States and agencies such as the NSA is key to ensure ethical
information gathering for safety purposes only. National relations with intelligence gatherings
have only gotten worse since Edward Snowden’s massive, revealing leaks, and we would like to
repair the relationship with agencies like the NSA and the people of the United States
(Greenwald, 2013).
- Place emphasis on cyber security as well as physical security.
Immigration
- Take a firm stand against illegal immigration, but support those who immigrate legally. The
Democratic party has always been a proponent to immigration into and out of the United States.
It is key to support any and all people who wish to live in the United States However, it is
important to address issues such as illegal immigration and illicit employment of illegal
immigrants (“Immigration reform”). Appeals to Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, and other
demographics that commonly immigrate into the United States.
- Give everybody equal access to the American Dream, regardless of origin or background.
Military
- Reduce amount of predator drone strikes used over the next 4 years. President Obama has
used a record amount of drone strikes in place of boots-on-the-ground combat, and the
casualties are not only targets of the missiles. Missiles do not have the precision of bullets and
collateral damage is not a military goal of the United States. Reducing drone strikes in foreign
nations such as Pakistan and Yemen will help to ease international tension and also reduce
unwanted casualties of innocent civilians including children (Woods, 2013). Appeals to families
of military members and those who oppose robotization of the military.
- Maintain peace between North Korea and the United States, ease tension between North and
South Korea. North Korea has been a hotbed of tension in the last year, and working to both
end the Korean conflict that has been active for several decades and reestablishing better
relations between North and South Korea are needed goals to prevent nuclear conflict in the
region and beyond (“North korea has rebooted,” 2014).
- Achieve peace with terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab in the Middle East.
Trying to achieve peace with groups that have labeled America has an enemy forever seems
like an impossible goal. However, approval rating of United States military operations in the
Middle East and their large costs are lower than ever, and getting out of the conflict as soon as
possible is key to maintaining support for the US Armed Forces.
- Work towards unanimous gender equality in the United States Armed Forces. Women still face
hurdles and challenges in the military. Just for one example, women still can’t serve on
submarines. It is important to eliminate these hurdles to establish true gender equality in the
military. Appeals to women.
- Reduce United States military presence in occupied, peaceful areas.
Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid
- Keep Social Security in the hands of the government and out of the hands of private

companies. Social Security is a major piece of the United States budget, and it’s also source of
livelihood for over a billion people in America. A current debate is whether or not to privatize
Social Security as investments into corporations, and the Democratic Party and several other
organizations believe it should be kept out of their hands and as a government issue. One such
organization is the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare ("The truth
about social security"). Appeals to retired, disabled, and anybody else who is receiving Social
Security benefits.
- Adjust retirement age based upon changing medical benefits and life expectancies, increase
the lowest retirement age from 62 to 65.
- Expand coverage for medical expenses such as medication under Medicare and Medicaid.
Taxes
- Cut taxes for middle class, working families. The Democratic party has always worked to
support the middle class first and foremost. One way to encourage economic stability and
growth of the middle class is to offer them tax cuts, as it would seem. An article on the White
House website runs down on some of the offerings that have been given to middle class
families and their benefits, including savings of thousands of dollars on average of $3600 per
family. ("Tax relief for middle class”)
- No tax cuts for wealthiest families. Much like large corporations, the wealthiest top 1-5% of
American families should have no financial burden whatsoever to pay taxes, and time after time
again, tax cuts for the rich have not created jobs like some economists believe. Tax cuts for the
wealthy are over the top and disproportionate to tax cuts given to the middle class (“Ten years
of the bush”). Appeals to “the other 99%.”
Technology
- Maintain net neutrality. Net neutrality of one of the most important factors to maintaining a free,
open internet without bias towards some websites over others. It shouldn’t be sacrificed so that
corporations and companies can bend the internet to their will for increased profit and lobbying.
The ACLU explains net neutrality and it’s importance in a page on their website ("What is net
neutrality?" ). Appeals to just about anybody who uses the Internet for whatever reason.
- Work towards free internet access for all Americans. The internet has reached a point in its
tenure where it is considered an essential commodity by many people. Companies such as
Google, which is expanding its Google Fiber services, is offering up free broadband internet in
areas where it has established its internet provision. By offering up tax breaks and support to
companies like Google for giving free broadband internet to Americans, it is a very plausible
goal to provide free internet for every American. Even the FCC dreams of the day that there is a
widespread Wi-Fi system in America (Brancaccio, 2013). I cannot see anybody who would be
opposed to free broadband internet.
- Ensure funding to advance medical research.

Sec 3 (Troubleshooting SPIN) - February 14th
- Won’t be shared at all
- Take issue, spin it in your favor
- No citations required
- Also when rewrites of biographical data are due
1.) Why do you not also have a goal of cutting the debt by a substantial amount?
A.) Obviously, the debt is a glaring issue. It has caused multiple shutdowns in recent decades
and continues to grow despite the best attempts of many of our presidents. I believe that
tackling the deficit is a much more manageable goal, and with time, the creation of a surplus
rather than a deficit will help lead to financial recovery in the form of debt relief.
2.) Some believe that minimum wage increases will harm the economy. Why do are you
pursuing a policy that will potentially hurt the economy?
A.) I believe very firmly that if an individual is working a part-time full-time, they should not have
to struggle to support their family or their own current state. Hard-working Americans are one of
the reasons that I have faith in this economy to heal and to move forward, starting with simple
steps such as an increase in the minimum wage. This leads me to discuss my next point; tax
cuts for middle class, working families.
3.) Your platform seems to have a very heavy basis on tax cuts for different groups. How do you
plan to cut the deficit in half or even begin to think about turning it into a surplus when you are
preventing so much money from being collected?
A.) Perhaps we should take a look at some of the other economic goals I have set, such as
progress for small businesses. Small businesses employ millions of people across the country
and are an important epicenter for economic growth. By giving both small businesses and
working, middle class Americans who work in these businesses tax breaks, we are going to
allow businesses and their workers to invest more money back into the economy and spark
growth. This growth, in turn, shall create positive effects upon the deficit and the debt.
4.) How can you possibly combat the debt ceiling when the debt will always approach it?
A.) You see, it is a goal of mine that our government and our country as a whole can avoid
countless more debt ceiling increases and time-wasting debates by more proactively attacking
the problem. For example, my tax cuts and plans for economic invigoration will help to bring an

end to rapid debt growth and allow us to work on decreasing the debt, rather than adjusting the
debt ceiling. I have plans for dynamically adjusting the debt ceiling as needed, however, as a
necessary backup plan.
5.) Why would you want to restrict tax breaks for the corporations that employ thousands upon
thousands of people?
A.) Large corporations do employ thousands of people, this is true. However, these large
corporations are bringing in massive profits daily and should have no issue with paying any
taxes that should be applied to them. It is my belief that we should focus our economic relief
efforts towards the small businesses that employ millions of Americans and create growth for
our economy every day. This takes us back to why I believe my 25% tax cuts for small
businesses will be extremely effective.
6.) Who would desire to keep a job in the United States when it can be outsourced to another
country where somebody will work for much lesser wages?
A.) That is exactly why I am proposing tax breaks for companies and corporations that keep
jobs within American borders. The employment of more Americans will lead to a decreasing
unemployment rate and more money circulating through American hands, boosting the
economy and ultimately helping us to reach even greater goals such as surplus creation and
debt reduction.
7.) What makes you think that the majority of people in the United States want gay marriage to
be legalized in every state?
A.) Sometimes, the majority will of the people is not in favor of the civil rights and liberties of all
peoples. Nobody should be denied the rights to happiness through personal, lifelong choices
and commitments such as marriage simply because somebody does not share the same traits
as them. There are greater issues at hand than simply pleasing a majority of people when there
are people suffering persecution, be it in the form of law or otherwise.
8.) Why do you claim that you desire to sustain our environment but simultaneously support
completion of the Keystone Pipeline?
A.) The Keystone Pipeline is proof that the United States is home to a plethora of natural
resources that are ripe for the taking. These natural resources could remove United State
foreign dependence upon oil and also be used to start working in a direction to reversing the
growing debt. There are environmental risks, but we shall ensure that the environmental impact
is minimal and the economic impact is maximized.
9.) Why do you propose increases in educational grants when our economy is already
strapped?
A.) Education is perhaps the most important factor in preparing our nation’s youth to take on the
workplace when they make it into the real world. For those who desire to take their education to
the next level and beyond, we desire to give them the tools and means that they need to
succeed and become a part of a growing economy. That, my friend, is worth the cost of college
grants.

10.) You seem concerned with the health and fitness of our youth, but do you not care about the
arts in our schools?
A.) I’m a proud supporter of the arts, and I have been one since I first started to learn how to
play guitar as a kid. The arts are a very vital way for our kids to express themselves. Yes, our
arts programs are suffering, but usually as a result of athletic preference. It is my hope that
boosting athletic factors will help to boost the fine arts as well.
11.) If information gathering is such a controversial issue, why don’t you just put the axe to
agencies such as the NSA?
A.) Yes, information gathering has been a rather controversial issue as of recent. We will put an
end to unethical information gathering. We cannot simply put an end to information gathering as
a whole, however, as it is proven means to prevent other issues such as terrorism. It’s an asset.
12.) Isn’t free broadband internet for every American a bit of a stretched goal?
A.) The Internet has reached a place in society where some of it’s attributes and capabilities are
necessities to proper societal functioning, including certain means like applying for coverage
under the Affordable Care Act. The well being of our citizens will always be more important than
economic barriers.
13.) Private insurance companies are effective vehicles for economic growth- why would you
not allow the privatization of Social Security in light of the fact that it would allow for major public
economic growth?
A.) I am willing to take a stand for the recipients of Social Security benefits in our country by
keeping those benefits in government hands. Social Security has been a major contribution of
the United States government for decades, and it won’t stop being one any time soon on my
watch.
14.) Won’t raising the retirement age be harmful to the elderly?
A.) As medical technology advances in the world, it is becoming easier and easier for somebody
to life a longer, healthier life than ever before. With the baby boomer generation approaching
retirement, we need to adjust the distribution of Social Security benefits in a way that will ensure
not only their comfort in retirement, but economic stability for future generations in their
retirement as well.
15.) Predator drones keep boots off the ground. Why would you choose to place our citizens in
the line of fire when we have the technology to do otherwise?
A.) Predator drones are a very large step in the correct direction of ending boots on the ground
combat around the world for United States soldiers. However, a predator drone cannot, and will
not, replace the full capabilities of a well-trained soldier. As a starting point, predator drones
have a wide margin of error in the area of collateral damage. Soldiers, on the other hand, are
not only tasked with combat; they help in giving humanitarian aid to thousands every day and
give training to other international soldiers in need of help. A soldier is more dynamic than a
predator drone could ever hope to be.

16.) Why is the Korean conflict even still a concern of ours?
A.) We made the Korean conflict a concern of ours decades ago when we became involved with
it in the first place. It would not be right to leave the South Koreans to face the much larger
military force that the North Koreans possess, nor their nuclear capabilities and intentions. It
would be no different than us abandoning an ally such as Israel in any other time of need.
17.) Why would we ever desire peace with extremist groups like Al Qaeda?
A.) Our history does not leave much room for imagination in our ongoing fight against terror. Al
Qaeda and Al Shabaab carry out acts of terror as far as they reach almost every day and have
claimed thousands of American lives, as well as countless others around the world. We are
ever-reaching to a conclusion of peace with these groups, however, and an eye for an eye is not
the way we desire to carry out our military policy any more. Blood has been shed on both sides
of the line in the sand, and if we can achieve peace, we shall.
18.) You make no mention of a the Europe/Russia areas of the Eastern half of the world in your
platform. Have you forgotten about them entirely?
A.) The easiest way to answer that question would be a concise ‘no.’ The detailing of my
platform addresses issues that need corrected first and foremost. We are proud of our relations
with nations in both Europe and Russia. Simply put, you don’t want to try and fix what isn’t
broken.
19.) Aren’t there more important things to deal with than women’s equality in the military?
A.) Men and women of any race have the ability to fight for and serve our great nation. They had
to fight for that right for the longest time. It is not right for us to deny opportunities to women
arbitrarily in the military or elsewhere. That is why I am a firm believer in gender equalization in
the military. That is also why I am a supporter of Affirmative Action programs in the workplace.
20.) How do you propose that we crackdown on a daunting task like illegal immigration?
A.) Rather than focusing our efforts into border patrolling and other massive undertakings like it,
we’ll take a stance in the workplace. Most immigrants come here for one or two reasons, those
two reasons being family and work. There isn’t much we can do about family reasons, but we
can take a stand with the business owners and employers of America who do not desire to give
their jobs to individuals that have not gone about the legal process of immigrating to our country.
21.) What makes you think that anybody will feel safe in such a violent world when you won’t do
anything about gun control?
A.) It is written in our Constitution that it is the “right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
Although a certain degree of regulation is required to maintain safety within the realm of
firearms, it is not going to be me that will take away any civilian’s right to keep and bear arms.
The brave men and women that work in our police departments and military are trained to help
people and keep them safe. I take pride in these Americans that put their lives on the line to
protect us every day. Don’t you?
22.) Won’t trying to establish transparency between nuclear powers create tension and possibly

cause conflict?
A.) Nuclear technology exists as a positive engine for cleaner energy research. However, it also
exists in weaponized forms that are capable of mass destruction. We Americans are not
strangers to this fact. Establishing transparency will also establish a system of checks and
balances between nation to ensure stability.
23.) What is the point of your emphasis on cyber security?
A.) We live in a digital age. Millions of people put personal information such as Social Security
numbers and credit card numbers. NASDAQ and other thousands upon thousands of financial
assets lie in online places. We need to ensure that we proactively combat those who try to
break through our cyber security measures so that we may protect our digital assets for now
and for the future.
24.) What’s your stance on the legalization of marijuana?
A.) The legalization of marijuana seems like a perfectly logical thing to me. Taxed and
regulated, it could be an excellent source of revenue to the government, much like alcohol. It is
a commodity that people desire, and they will be willing to pay for it and use it legally at the
same time.
25.) What is your outlook on global warming and climate change as a whole?
A.) I believe that climate change is a real issue that we must try and address it as those before
us have so that we may keep a sustainable environment and climate for future generations. As
we work to develop cleaner forms of energy, we are also working to slow down and stop climate
change as quickly as possible.
26.) What’s your stance on the disconnect between Taiwan’s political recognition and our
political upkeeping with China?
A.) China is perhaps our largest economic ally in terms of trade capital. That being said, we
need to maintain positive political relations with China. However, we also need to recognize
Taiwan’s status as an ally and their heavy support of the United States.
Spin is fine. There is always more that can be done on this section. Try & picture how your
opponents will attack you during debate & plan accordingly. Otherwise, solid job here.
Sec 4 (Campaign Schedule) - March 14th
CAMPAIGN OVERALL COVER SHEET
My overall campaign strategy is a very simple one. I believe that the success of this
campaign relied on the strategy that I took and a very simple set of 3 steps. I directed my

campaign in a manner that assessed a couple things, bearing in mind the importance of
hierarchy of electoral votes per state the entire time; First, I took what seems to be the most
logical step to me and campaigned in the states that have consistent Democratic tendencies. I
believe that it is important to stand strong atop my voter base in the states that I have a great
feeling of winning. Second, I heavily targeted those states that tend to swing back and forth
between Republican and Democratic voting tendencies. If I can secure enough electoral votes
from swing states and prevent them from getting into the hands of my Republican opponent, I
will be successful. Third, I campaigned in person in those Democratic and swing states in the
weeks leading up to the election while simultaneously campaigning in Republican-heavy states
to help my fellow party members get elected for other roles of office. In general, I went to the
most populous areas of states in order to reach the greatest portion of the electorate whenever
possible.
There are a number states whose voter populations have identified themselves as more
Democratic than Republican overall. A list was comprised on Politifact with United States
Electoral College Data of the states who have consistently voted for one party in every
Presidential Election since 1992, and these states are as follows (Will, 2013).
California 55 (electoral votes) Minnesota 10
Connecticut 7 New Jersey 14
D.C. 3 New York 29
Delaware 3 Oregon 7
Hawaii 4 Pennsylvania 20
Illinois 20 Rhode Island 4
Maine 4 Vermont 3
Maryland 10 Washington 12
Massachusetts 11 Wisconsin 10
Michigan 16 Total Elec. Votes: 242
This list of consistently Democratic states puts a starting count of 242 electoral votes in my
favor, a succinct advantage over the similarly consistent Republican States, who are only
receiving 102 votes from their states. So long as I do not neglect any of these states, I feel that
their demographics will not have changed too drastically between elections and that they will be
a solid foundation for a campaign.
Assuming that these states will play out to vote Democratic, this leaves me with a deficit
of 28 electoral votes that would be needed as a bare minimum to secure the victory in this
election and the need to enact the 2nd part of my strategy. Aside from states that have voted
Democratic consistently in recent elections, there are a number of swing states that went in the
direction of Democratic majorities for the 2012 Presidential Election. According to a data
analysis on Politico with information taken from Real Clear Politics, Colorado, Florida, Iowa,

Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin fell into the category of
swing states based upon election results taken from those states (“2012 swing states,” 2013).
According the same information, they listed predicted Democratic winnings in Colorado, Iowa,
Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Compared with election results from
the 2012 Election, also found on Politico, all of the poll-based swing states went Democratic. As
a result, I heavily directed campaigning assets to these states. Their electoral votes, also listed
in in Politico’s Swing States article, are as follows ("2012 swing states," 2013):
Colorado 9 (electoral votes) North Carolina 15
Florida 29 Ohio 18
Iowa 6 Virginia 13
Nevada 6
New Hampshire 4 Total Elec. Votes: 100
The total electoral votes of these states adds up to some 100 votes, but based upon my
previously calculated deficit of electoral votes, I would only need to secure Florida and Colorado
to guarantee myself a win, since they have 38 electoral votes combined of the 100 in this swing
category and I only need 38 to reach 270. However, I feel that it was necessary to target efforts
to other states as well, so I targeted heavy campaigning into Nevada, Ohio, North Carolina, and
Virginia, as they hold the greatest number of electoral votes of the 9 states listed.
In general, I believe that it is very important to address and cater to every demographic
of voter in the United States. However, due to the unrealistic nature of this goal, I focused my
campaign in the direction of a more finely tuned group that includes but isn’t limited to working
class families, college students, minorities, and those facing civil rights issues such as
homosexual Americans, disabled Americans, and women Americans. In my travels in 27
different states and D.C. for this campaign, I will visit a number of interest groups that target
these groups and speak to them about related topics.
The working class is a very broad terminology, encompassing members of both the
lower and middle classes. According to information from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2012, some
15% of the American population are living below the poverty line while a number as large as
80% of the American population falls into the broad category of middle class (Francis, 2012).
Within that 95%, an overwhelming majority of the population, simple math and logic tells me that
there are hundreds of millions of voters who can be targeted by targeting the working class
families of America.
In campaigning to the overwhelming amount of working class Americans, I targeted
interest groups that involve many working class Americans in pertinence to economic and
financial issues. Some of the interest groups that I visited that pertain to working Americans
were the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters Union, PATCO, NFIB, AFB, USW, UAW, SEIU, AFT, and
others. As for speaking, I spoke to these groups about topics such as tax breaks for keeping
jobs in America, tax cuts for middle class families, tax reductions for small businesses, the
importance of unions, and raising the minimum wage. In short, I campaigned to these working

class groups about mainly economic issues.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there are 21.8 million college
students enrolled in universities across the United States ("Back to school statistics").
Studies have also shown that college students in the United States are becoming
increasingly liberal, but simultaneously politically inactive (“New study,” 2012). Barack
Obama found great success in campaigning heavily to young voters in the 2008
Presidential election, garnering 66% of the vote in voters under 30 years old (Keeter,
2008). Using his campaign strategy of targeting youth voting and getting youths more
politically active as a basis, I decided to target this demographic, which boasts an
average age of just 27 years old (Freedman, 2013).
I stopped at a number of universities on my campaign route because stopping at
universities seems to be the most obvious method of connecting with college students.
The universities included the University of New Mexico, Portland State University, the
University of Wisconsin, Cleveland State, and more. The topics that I chose to speak to
these college students included STEM education and several instances of Pell Grant
increases. I also discussed gun control at Cleveland State, a university that lies within
Ohio, a state that is debating whether or not instate new gun control laws (Colvin,
2013). Aside from visiting colleges on the campaign path to speak, the Vice Presidential
Debate on domestic and foreign policy was held at the University of Tampa, the
Presidential Debate on domestic policy was held at Boston University, and the
Presidential Debate on foreign policy was held at Wake Forest University. I modeled
this design of holding all 3 debates at universities directly after the locations of the 2012
Presidential debates (“Cpd,” 2012).
There are a number of groups that can be considered minorities in America,
ranging from ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Latino Americans to
religious minorities such as Hebrew Americans. As for ethnic minorities, U.S. Census
information from 2013 tells us that African Americans comprise 13.1% of the population
while Latino Americans comprise 16.9% of the population (“Usa quickfacts,” 2014).
Conveniently enough for my campaign strategy, minorities not only tend to live in more
urban areas that I am already targeting for other reasons (White, 2011), but they also
typically vote Democratic by large margins (Teixeira, 2013).
To target these minorities with my campaign, I met with and spoke so a couple
ethnic minority interest groups such as the NAACP, the NCLR, LULAC, and the AALD. I
talked to them about topics such as Affirmative Action, bringing more immigrants into
the United States legally, and relations between the United States and other nations-
the issues that apply to ethnic minorities and affect their voting decisions. In addition to
speaking to ethnic minorities, I also spoke to a religious minority, the Hebrews of
America, and B’nai B’rith.
Civil rights issues also turn out to be very divisive when it comes to political
campaigns. For this reason, I decided to talk to a number of groups such as the ACLU,
AHEAD, NOW, PRIDE, NARAL, and the LWV about issues like creating legislation for

handicapped peoples, ending the death penalty, legalization of abortion with backup
plans for those not interested in or opposed to abortion, and a nationwide push for gay
rights legislation.
There are also aspects to targeting geography, not just voter demographics, in a
campaign. Speaking in terms of geography, campaign results, polling data, and overall voter
registration and turnout have revealed the fact that Democratic strongholds exist mainly on the
east and west coasts of the United States and around the Great Lakes region (Jarman, 2014).
To take advantage of this fact, I targeted the majority of my personal campaigning to the coastal
areas and Great Lakes region. I felt that visiting these areas was an excellent way to activate
the prominent Democratic voter base in these areas.
Of course, with any good campaign, there is not just a successful physical campaign, but
a successful advertising campaign as well. For the sake of a successful advertising campaign,
key members of my party raised $3,434,000,000 across the 50 states and D.C. through
fundraising, whether the campaign contributions were from individuals wishing to support our
party, a multitude of PACs, or fundraisers. The greatest amount of spending of combined party
and personal money for my campaign and my party’s campaign went into 2 categories of states-
some of the most heavily Democratic states to try and boost my voting base’s moral and
activate the base as a whole and swing states that I either tried to swing in my direction, away
from their Republican direction in the 2012 election, or keep swung in my direction for at least
another election cycle.
The three most heavily Democratic states we targeted by amount spent were California,
New York, and New Jersey. We spent a combined amount of about $303.5 million in California,
a key Democratic state that stayed Democratic in the 2012 Presidential election by a margin of
21%, to secure its massive amount of 55 electoral votes ("2012 presidential election," 2012).
New York, a state with a population of 19,651,127 people ("New york," 2014) that voted
Democratic in the 2012 Presidential election by a margin of 26.6%, received a total
spent amount of about $146.8 million for advertising and campaigning. We spent a
combined $161 million on New Jersey, a state that voted Democratic by a margin of
17.1%, largely in part due to the higher cost in New Jersey for every method of
advertising ("2012 presidential election," 2012).
The three swing states that we targeted most heavily were Ohio, Virginia, and
Florida. We spent a combined $240.7 million in Ohio, a state that went Democratic in
the 2012 Presidential election by a small margin of 1.9% ("2012 presidential election,"
2012). In Virginia, we spent a combined $115.1 million to try and positively upset its
Democratic victory margin of 3.0% in the 2012 Presidential election ("2012 presidential
election," 2012). We raised and spent more money in Florida than in any other state,
amassing a bill of $298.7 million to try and secure its 29 electoral votes more decisively
than in the 2012 Presidential election, in which the state went Democratic by a paper-
thin margin of 0.9% ("2012 presidential election," 2012).
The majority of my party’s and my personal money went to advertising on television.
According to a rather recent article from the New York Times, 99 million Americans were paying
for television services, a number rising from previous years (Stelter, 2010). By paying for a

much larger number of 30 second television ads than half hour television ads, I targeted
audiences watching television shows that are exposed to commercial breaks rather frequently. I
used half hour television ads to get out more information about my campaign and my party’s
campaign than can be fit even in a series of 30 second advertisements. I did not only rely on
television advertising solely, however. My party also spent a good deal of money on radio and
newspaper advertisements. Statistics show that over 90% of Americans listen to the radio every
week (May, 2013) and that 23% of Americans still read print newspapers (“Number of
americans who read print,” 2012). Since only 15% of the adults in the United States do not use
the internet, that leaves a target group of 85% of the population (Stern, 2013). That is why I
have a running website for this campaign accounted into the budget, so I can get word out to all
85% of those people and allow easy access for the technologically adept.
OCTOBER
October was my most valuable asset for Campaigning in terms of overall exposure and
time. Both the Presidential Debates and Vice Presidential Debate occurred in October. Because
I believe it is important to raise voter awareness even more right before elections are about to
occur in order to increase voter turnout, my party and I will be broadcasting and placing
advertisements less frequently throughout this month than in November, where I have much
less time to campaign in person and get media exposure.
As stated in my overall cover sheet, my overall goals fell into 3 simple steps. First, I
targeted Democratic states across America to activate the Democratic voter base and secure
electoral votes in states that have a consistent tendency or heavy weighting to vote Democratic.
Secondly, I targeted states that swing back and forth in Presidential elections between
Republican and Democrat. Lastly, my party and I spent money advertising heavily in Democratic
states and even more heavily in swing states while still advertising in every other state in order
to get other Democrats put in office in other public offices.
I visited a number of interest groups in October. The list goes on, but all of them are
listed in the Daily Schedule, so I will refrain from listing all of them. As for all of the topics I
spoke to them about, I listed them in the overall cover sheet, and I believe that I did a good job
of speaking about topics that not only pertained to the groups, but also topics that could pertain
to them outside of what their interest group is trying to accomplish or what they represent.
As for campaign spending, members of my party and I have raised $3.5 billion dollars in
August, September, and part of October. In order to make sure that we spent a sufficient
amount of money on advertisements to increase voter awareness and overall voter turnout in
November, we spent a higher amount of money on advertisements per day. In total, we spent
$2.6 billion dollars (including the cost of travel, food, hotels, and other related costs like the
fundraiser we held), which comes out to just a bit over $83.87 million dollars per day.
Daily Schedule: October
October 1st
Location: University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM
8a-9a: Give brunch speech to University of New Mexico students

Topic: Pell Grant increases
2p-3p: Give speech to Joy Junction at Albuquerque Convention Center
Topic: Charitable organizations
4p-5p: Meet and greet with Joy Junction members
8p-9p: Meet and greet at Route 66 Casino
12p: Leave Albuquerque
October 2nd
2a: Arrive in Denver, CO
2a-7a: Sleep in hotel
8a-10a: Give breakfast speech to Greenway Foundation at Confluence Park
Topic: Environmental conservation & preservation
1p-2p: Give speech to NAACP at the Larimer Center
Topic: Push for national marijuana legalization
3p-4p: Meet & greet following speech at Larimer Center
7p-8p: Give dinner speech to NCLR at National Hispanic Cultural Center
Topic: Affirmative Action programs
10p: Leave Denver
October 3rd
3a: Arrive in Seattle, WA
6a-7a: Give breakfast speech at ACLU-WA headquarters
Topic: Ending capital punishment
10a-11a: Give speech at local AHEAD headquarters
Topic: Legislation benefiting disabled persons
3p-4p: Give luncheon speech at Seattle Public Library
Topic: Free internet for all Americans
7p-8p: Give speech at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Center
Topic: Researching infectious diseases
9p-10p: Meet & greet at same Center
12p: Leave Seattle (sleep on plane/in cars)
October 4th- Fundraiser Day
7a: Arrive in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
8a-11p: Fundraiser at Broward Convention Center
Group Present: Florida AFL-CIO
Topic of Speech: Who I am, why you should vote for me, give me money, etc.
October 5th
6a: Leave Ft. Lauderdale
9a: Arrive in Orlando, FL
10a-11a: Give speech at local Cuban American National Foundation headquarters
Topic: Cuban-American Relations
2p-3p: Give speech in same park
Topic: Tax cuts for middle class families
6p: Depart Orlando

8p: Arrive in Tampa, FL
9p: Check into Hotel
October 6th (Vice Presidential Debate)
8a-9a: Give breakfast speech at local Teamsters Union headquarters
Topic: Tax breaks for companies keeping jobs stateside
12p-2p: Meet and greet at Tampa Convention Center
3p-4p: Give speech to AARP members at Tampa Convention Center
Topic: Preventing privatization of Social Security
9p-11p: Vice Presidential Debate at University of Tampa
Topic: Domestic and Foreign Policy
October 7th
1a: Depart Tampa
6a: Arrive in New York City, NY
7a-9a: Give breakfast speech NYC citizens in Central Park
Topic: Affordable Healthcare for every American
12p-1p: Give speech to tourists at 9/11 Memorial & meet and greet
Topic: Cybersecurity
5p-6p: Give speech at local UNICEF headquarters
Topic: Aid for developing nations
11p-12a: Give interview on Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon
Topic: Maintenance of net neutrality
October 8th
2a: Depart New York City
7a: Arrive in San Francisco, CA
8a-9a: Give breakfast speech in Chinatown
Topic: Nuclear transparency
12p-1p: Give speech at Alcatraz Island
Topic: America’s high imprisonment rates
4p-7p: Give dinner speech at the Palace of Fine Arts, attend show
Topic: Keeping the fine arts in schools
10p-11p: Give interview to CBS
Topic: United States military presence in Middle Eastern nations
October 9th
1a: Depart San Francisco
6a: Arrive in Portland, OR
9a-11a: Give breakfast speech at New Hope Community Church/attend service
Topic: Expanding coverage under Medicare and Medicaid
2p-3p: Give speech to students at Portland State University
Topic: STEM education
6p-9p: Give dinner speech to teachers’ union at Oregon Convention Center/meet & greet
Topic: Keeping teachers employed
11p: Depart Portland
October 10th
5a: Arrive in Des Moines, Iowa

7a-9a: Give breakfast speech at local AFL headquarters/meet & greet
12p-3p: Give luncheon speech at Mercy College of Health Sciences/campus tour
Topic: Researching infectious diseases
6p-8p: Give interview to PBS
Topic: Achieving peace with Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab
10p: Depart Des Moines
October 11th
8a: Arrive in Honolulu, HI
9a-10a: Give speech at local NOW headquarters
Topic: Equality for women in the military
1p-5p: Give speech in Downtown Hawaii/meet & greet
Topic: The American Dream
7p: Depart Honolulu
October 12th
5a: Arrive in Reno, Nevada
6a-8a: Give breakfast speech at University of Nevada/campus meet & greet
Topic: Humanitarian aid to suffering countries
11a-12p: Give interview on Face the Nation
Topic: Cutting the deficit in half
3p: Depart Reno
9p: Arrive in Las Vegas, Nevada
9p-10p: Give speech to Las Vegas PRIDE at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Topic: Supporting pro-LGBT legislation
October 13th
1a-3a: Give speech to patrons at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino/meet & greet
Topic: Fossil fuel alternatives research
5a: Depart Las Vegas (sleep on plane)
12p: Arrive in Boston, MA
1p-2p: Give luncheon speech at local Environment America headquarters
Topic: Environmental conservation
5p-10p: Hold ball/give speech to American Peace Society at Boston Convention Center
Topic: Syria
October 14th (Presidential Debate)
7a-9a: Give breakfast speech at local PATCO headquarters
Topic: Reducing predator drone strikes
12p-2p: Give luncheon speech at local NARAL headquarters
Topic: National legalization of abortion
5p-6p: Give interview on NBC
Topic: Gun control
9p-11p: Presidential Debate at Boston University
Topic: Domestic Policy
October 15th

1a: Depart Boston
7a: Arrive in Chicago, IL
8a-10a: Give breakfast speech at local NFIB headquarters
Topic: Tax cuts for small businesses
1p-2p: Give luncheon speech at local YMCA
Topic: Healthier lunches in schools
5p-6p: Give dinner speech at local United Way headquarters
Topic: Civic duty and community service
9p-10p: Give interview on ABC Nighttime News
Topic: Raising the minimum wage
October 16th
12a: Depart Chicago
7a: Arrive in Green Bay, WI
8a-9a: Give breakfast speech at local AFB headquarters
Topic: United States resources
12p-1p: Give luncheon speech at local USW headquarters
Topic: Importance of labor unions
4p-5p: Give dinner speech at University of Wisconsin
Topic: Pell Grant increases
8p-9p: Give speech to American Cancer Society at Green Bay Convention Center
Topic: Funding disease research
11p: Depart Green Bay
October 17th
6a: Arrive in Newark, New Jersey
7a-8a: Give breakfast speech at New Jersey People’s Organization for Progress
Topic: Affirmative action programs
11a-12p: Give luncheon speech at local Salvation Army headquarters
Topic: Importance of charitable organizations
3p-4p: Give speech at local IOM headquarters
Topic: Supporting legal immigration
7p-8p: Do interview on New Jersey nighttime news
Topic: Russo-American relations
10p: Depart Newark
October 18th
6a: Arrive in Minneapolis, MN
7a-8a: Give breakfast speech at local ABA headquarters
Topic: Adjusting the retirement age
11a-12p: Give luncheon speech to local American Red Cross chapter
Topic: Disease research
2p: Depart Minneapolis
5p: Arrive in Virginia Beach, VA
6p-7p: Give dinner speech at local NRA headquarters
Topic: Regulating gun shows and removing ammunition restrictions
10p-11p: Give speech to local POW*MIA chapter

Topic: Bringing our troops home
October 19th
1a: Check into hotel
8a-9a:Give breakfast speech at local Christian Coalition headquarters
Topic: Environmental sustainability
12p-1p: Give luncheon speech at local Grange headquarters
3p: Depart Virginia Beach
8p: Arrive in Winston-Salem, NC; check into hotel
October 20th (Presidential Debate)
8a-9a: Give breakfast speech to local FFA chapter
Topic: Sustainable American resources
12p-2p: Give speech at Piedmont Craftsmen’s Fair
5p-6p: Give dinner speech to local Boy Scouts of America troops
Topic: Honor and service to country
9p-11p: Presidential Debate at Wake Forest University
Topic: Foreign Policy
October 21st
1a: Depart Winston-Salem
8a: Arrive in Columbus, OH
9a-10a: Give breakfast speech at local SCORE center
1p-2p: Give luncheon speech at local Joint Commission headquarters
Topic: Giving every American access to affordable health care
5p-6p: Give dinner speech at Ohio Veterans United headquarters
Topic: Veteran’s benefits, even during shutdowns
9p-10p: Do interview on News Radio 610 WTVN
Topic: Reflections on the debate
October 22nd
12a: Depart Columbus
9a: Arrive in Los Angeles, California
10a-11a: Give bruncheon at local B’nai B’rith headquarters
Topic: Importance of small business
2p-3p: Give interview on Dr. Phil
6p-7p: Give interview on MTV
Topic: Net neutrality and free internet
10p-11p: Give interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live
October 23rd
7a-8a: Give speech at SAG headquarters
Topic: Keeping jobs in America

11a-12p: Give speech at MOSAIC Church
Topic: US military presence around the world
3p-5p: Give speech to California Taxpayer’s Association
8p-9p: Give interview on Conan
Topic: South American relations
11p: Depart Los Angeles
October 24th
5a: Arrive in Cleveland, Ohio
6a-7a: Give breakfast speech at Cleveland State University
Topic: Gun control
10a-11a: Give luncheon speech at local FreedomWorks headquarters
2p-5p: Give interview on Queen Latifah Show
Topic: Abortion rights, but also abortion alternatives
8p-9p: Give interview on Ohio nightly news
Topic: Egypt and Israel
October 25th
12a: Depart Cleveland
6a: Arrive in Detroit, MI
7a-8a: Give breakfast speech
11a-12p: Give speech at local UAW headquarters
Topic: American Industry
3p-4p: Give speech at local Vote Hemp headquarters
Topic: Nationalization of marijuana legislation
7p-11p: Attend Detroit Lions game, give short speech for opening
Topic: Economic revitalization
October 26th
1a: Depart Detroit
7a: Arrive in Wilmington, DE
8a-9a: Give breakfast speech at local ASPCA center
Topic: Fighting against deforestation
12p-1p: Give interview on Ellen
Topic: Tax cuts to middle class
4p-5p: Give interview on KIIS FM
Topic: Visibility between gov and citizens
8p-9p: Give interview on local night time news
Topic: Chino-American relations
11p: Depart Wilmington
October 27th
5a: Arrive in Jacksonville, Florida
6a-7a: Give breakfast speech at local SEIU headquarters
10a-11a: Give luncheon speech at local LWV headquarters

Topic: Women in the military
2p-3p: Give speech at local AFT headquarters
6p-7p: Give speech to Business Roundtable
Topic: Tax cuts to companies keeping jobs in America
10p-11p: Give interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers
October 28th
1a: Depart Jacksonville, Florida
8a: Arrive in Charlotte, North Carolina
9a-10a: Give speech at local Planned Parenthood center
Topic: Right to privacy
1p-2p: Give speech at UNC Charlotte
Topic: Pell Grants
5p-6p: Give interview on Jacksonville evening news
Topic: Immigration reform
9p-10p: Meet and greet at Charlotte Convention Center
October 29th
12a: Depart Charlotte
7a: Arrive in Baltimore, Maryland
8a-9a: Give speech at local NEA headquarters
12p-1p: Give luncheon speech at CeaseFire MD
Topic: Regulating gun shows
4p-5p: Meet and greet at local Big Brothers Big Sisters headquarters
8p-9p: Give speech to Progressive Maryland
Topic: Keeping Social Security out of the private sector
11p: Depart Baltimore
October 30th
5a: Arrive in Portland, Maine
6a-7a: Give breakfast speech to Maine People’s Alliance
10a-11a: Give speech to local Defense of Liberty Chapter
Topic: Affordable health care
2p-3p: Give speech at local Sportsmen's Alliance headquarters
Topic: Reducing ammunition restrictions
6p-7p: Give dinner speech at local ABA headquarters
Topic: Legalizing marijuana nationwide
10p-11p: Give interview on CNN
Topic: The Keystone Pipeline
October 31st
1a: Depart Portland
7a: Arrive in Burlington, VT
8a-9a: Give breakfast speech at Ethan Allen institute
Topic: Civic duty

12p-1p: Give lunch speech at local Civil Air Patrol chapter
Topic: Patriotism
4p-5p: Give speech to local Chamber of Commerce chapter
Topic: Tax cuts to small businesses
8p-9p: Give speech to local Sierra Club chapter
Topic: Environmental preservation
11p: Depart Burlington
Journal Entries : October
October 1st, 2016
Today we spent the day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, my Vice Presidential candidate’s
hometown. New Mexico, although it technically falls within the Republican “L,” went Democratic
during the 2012 election by a margin of 9.9% (“2012 presidential election,” 2012). If I can
manage to carry it again in this year’s election, it will be another 5 electoral votes for my
campaign. The fact that my Vice Presidential candidate is from the state as well creates a
positive message for citizens of the state who want to identify with and vote for somebody from
their home state.
To start the day off, I gave a speech at the University of New Mexico. Because it makes
sense to discuss Pell Grants with college students, I discussed Pell Grants with the UNM
students. At least 1.7 million students fail to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) each year (Kantrowitz, 2011). By increasing awareness of FAFSA, I believe I can
swing some votes of students in my favor.
In the early afternoon, I went and gave a speech to Joy Junction. Joy Junction, an
Albuquerque homeless shelter, serves some 300 individuals a night and serves up to 200,000
meals a year (“Joy junction”). There are over 1.4 million nonprofit or charitable organizations in
the United States, and rather than visiting multiples of them, I will visit a select view such as this
one for the sake of maintaining a caring personal image (“Quick facts about nonprofits”).
In the evening, I decided to go do a meet and greet at the Route 66 Casino in
Albuquerque. Meet greets offer voters the chance to meet me face to face and allow me to
establish a positive public image early on in my campaign. Rather than appearing on the media
first, this gesture shows that I care about people personally.
October 3rd, 2016
Last night, we left Denver, CO to arrive here in Seattle, WAbright and early in the
morning. Washington went Democratic in the 2012 Presidential election by a margin of just over
14%, so I am confident that we can win the state and its 12 electoral votes (“Presidential
election 2012” 2012). Seattle is also the largest urban center in the Pacific northwest, holding
634 thousand people in 2013, and as such, we feel that targeting the more populated areas of
the country will allow for us to connect with and garner more voters for our cause in less time
(“Seattle, Washington”). As for spending, Washington i do not plan on spending any above-
average amount of party money.

First thing in the morning, I gave a speech to the ACLU-WA, or the Washington chapter
of the ACLU, at their local headquarters. The topic of the speech was the ending of capital
punishment in America. I felt this was a pertinent topic for the state of Washington because they
have not abolished the death penalty there yet (“States with and without the death penalty”).
Next thing in the day, I gave a speech to AHEAD. The topic of the speech was very simple-
legislation to benefit disabled Americans.
After my speech to AHEAD, we went to the Seattle Public Library to deliver a speech
about free internet for every American. As mentioned in my overall cover sheet, only 15% of the
adult population of the United States does not use the internet, but that is a deceivingly low
percentage for the number of people it encompasses (Stern, 2013). Following the trip to the
Seattle Public Library, we went to deliver a speech for the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
Since a great deal of the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation goes into studying
disease around the world, I thought it appropriate to speak about researching infectious
diseases at the center.
October 4th, 2016 - Fundraiser Day
Florida is perhaps the most important swing state in the entirety of the United States for
a Presidential election. I say this because in 9 out of the last 10 Presidential elections, Florida
has voted alongside the winning Presidential candidate or incumbent, depending on years
(“Florida”). As mentioned in my overall strategy, one of my biggest goals is to hit the swing
states hard, and I intend to spend more money advertising in Florida than anywhere else.
For my fundraiser, I decided to deliver my speech to the AARP at the Broward
Convention Center. The AARP was the first interest group on my mind when considering who to
deliver this speech to. According to Social Security statistics from 2005, there were about 30.5
million retired citizens receiving Social Security benefits in Florida ("State statistics for 2005:
florida," 2005). This high population of retired citizens makes Florida a hotbed for AARP
members and easy for members to attend the fundraiser. Also, the Convention Center had the
space necessary to hold all 1000 people that we invited to the fundraiser.
As for money raised at the fundraiser, it cost me $100,000 to rent out the hall and feed
all 1,000 guests. It also cost me $24 per invitation, and since I sent out 1,000 invitations, it cost
me $24,000 total for the invites, $124,000 for the entire event. The average donation from the
event yielded an amount of $2,600 per person there. Adding together the spent $124,000 with
the $2.6 million raised, the fundraiser earned my party $2.476 million dollars.
October 14th, 2016
We arrived last night in preparation for the Presidential debate at Boston University in
the evening, but we had time to use for the entire day up until 9pm. In every previous
Presidential election since 1988, Massachusetts has voted Democratic (“Massachusetts”). This
leaves me with a great deal of confidence that with a reasonable amount of advertising, we will
be able to secure the state’s 11 electoral votes (“2012 presidential election,” 2012).
First thing in the morning, I gave a speech to PATCO about the usage of drones in the
military. The two may seem unrelated, but I see it like this: Drones are un-piloted aircraft. If

technology keeps moving in that direction, it wouldn’t be entirely unlikely to see very similarly
operated airline flights, eliminating the need for air traffic controllers. Directly after giving the
speech to PATCO, we took a stop to speak at the local NARAL headquarters about abortion
legalization on a national level. Abortion is a decisive issue, but I believe that a woman should
have whatever choice she wants to make in the matter. It isn’t the responsibility of the
government to interfere with a person’s body.
Following the NARAL interview, I did an interview on NBC on gun control and its
positives and negatives. An average of 8.5 million people watched the NBC nightly news per
airing in 2012 (Guskin). Based upon these numbers, I reached at least several million viewers
for part or all of the broadcasted interview.
The last event of the day was the Domestic Policy Presidential Debate at Boston
University. The debate went extremely well and based upon the viewing rates of the 2012
debates, which were around 58 million, I would estimate a viewing audience of at least 60
million people (“More than 58 million tune in”). That is a very large audience exposure that will
help me to get word out about my campaign.
October 19th, 2016
After a late night talking about POW*MIA, I retired to my hotel around 1 in the morning.
Virginia, a swing state that holds 13 electoral votes, would be a valuable asset to hold in the
election (“2012 presidential election,” 2012). I plan on spending more money in this state than a
good majority of the other states.
At 8am, I gave a speech to the local Christian Coalition chapter. However, instead of
discussing something predictable like religious freedoms or respecting all religions, I decided to
start talking about different topics. I talked to them about environmental sustainability because I
don’t believe I should try to target any one demographic with just one issue. Following my
speech to the Christian Coalition, I gave a speech to the local Grange chapter about cutting
taxes for the middle class. Approximately 0.7% of the United States population are farmers that
fall into the middle class, so I felt that discussing the tax cuts for middle class families made
sense in order to try and swing as much of that 0.7% my way as possible (“Social class in the
united states”).
At 3pm, we departed Virginia Beach in order to arrive in Winston-Salem, NC the proper
24 hours before the debate tomorrow. North Carolina, much like Virginia, is a swing state that I
will focus advertising in to try and secure its 15 electoral votes (“2012 presidential election,”
2012). We have spent a total of $111.5 in North Carolina to try and swing it our way when
November 8th rolls around.
October 27th, 2016
We left Wilmington last night to arrive in Jacksonville this morning at 5am. This is the
third city I’ve visited in Florida, for it is the swing state that I am targeting most heavily in my
campaign. The state holds 29 electoral votes, the most of any swing state I am targeting, and I
feel that these votes are a valuable asset that I need to attain to help propel myself to victory in
this election (“2012 presidential election,” 2012).

First thing this morning, I gave a speech at the local SEIU headquarters. The topic I
spoke about most heavily was raising the minimum wage in America, for I feel this is a very
important topic to discuss with service employees who very well might be getting paid at
minimum wage. After my speech to the SEIU, I gave a speech to the local LWV chapter. I spoke
to them about the role of women in the military and equalizing their rights to that of men,
generally letting them know that women’s issues won’t be neglected if I’m elected President.
First thing in the afternoon, I met up with members of the local AFT chapter and spoke to
them about keeping teachers employed. I feel that this was an applicable topic to a very large
teachers union. directly following this speech, I met with Business Roundtable to discuss
keeping jobs in America. To close out the day, I gave an interview on Late Night with Seth
Meyer about United States relations with Europe. The show gets a viewing audience of up to
3.4 million viewers per showing, so I felt that giving an interview on the show would give a good
amount of media exposure for the day (Ruelas, 2014).
We leave Jacksonville tonight around 1am to get to Charlotte tomorrow morning. My
party and I have raised and spent a larger amount amount of money in Florida than in any other
state, a total of $298.7 million. Because the state was only won by Obama by a margin of 0.9%
in 2012, I felt that pushing extremely heavily to secure Florida’s vote was necessary (“2012
presidential election,” 2012).
October 30th, 2016
Having left Baltimore somewhat late last night, we arrived in Portland, Maine at 5 this
morning. Maine, which voted Democratic in the 2012 election and holds a seemingly small 4
electoral votes (“2012 presidential election,” 2012). Even though that is a low number compared
to most states, is still an important state to campaign in for its support of the Democratic party in
the most recent Presidential election.
Just an hour after getting into the state, I gave a breakfast speech to the Maine People’s
Alliance about cutting the deficit in half. Since it is one of my top goals to accomplish if elected
to office, I believe that it is important for me to discuss even more, despite the fact that I’ve
talked about it on both Jimmy Kimmel Live and Face the Nation. Following that speech, I went
to give a speech to the Defense of Liberty Maine chapter on the topic of affordable health care.
In the afternoon, I started off with a speech to the local Sportsmen’s Alliance about
reducing the price of ammunition. This was a reasonable idea to me because the topic of gun
and ammunition legislation is very applicable to people who use firearms. Directly following my
speech to the Sportsmen’s Alliance, I gave a speech at the local ABA headquarters on the topic
of legalizing marijuana and then gave an interview on CNN several hours later on the topic of
the Keystone Pipeline. These events gave me a nice combination of personable campaigning
and media exposure for the day.
My party and I spent $43.1 million in the state of Maine. This seems rather low
compared to other Democratic-voting states that we have put funding into, but we felt that
proportionally spending less money on the state for its lower number of electoral votes was
logical so we could direct our resources more accordingly to other states.
FUNDRAISER SPEECH

Hello,
Good evening, everyone. For those of you who don’t know who I am, my name is Mark
Vincent Cole. I’m 47 years old and I was born and raised in the United States, growing up in
Scranton, Pennsylvania since I was a little kid. I’m married to a wonderful woman, my wife Amy,
and have two beautiful children, Max and Jaime. I graduated from Columbia Law School with a
Bachelor’s Degree in Law, served my time as a lawyer and as the Lackawanna County Judge,
and am currently serving in the United States Senate as a Senator from my home state, PA. We
live in an amazing age. Any of you could have looked up any of these things about me with the
press of a few buttons on your phones. That is why I am not merely here to tell you about who I
am as a person. I am here to tell you about who I am as an American, and what that will mean
for everybody in this room and every person in the United States if I am elected President of the
United States come November.
Now, as an American, I believe a number of things. I still believe that America is the
greatest nation on Earth, and I believe that I have the means and the plans to keep it the
greatest nation on Earth for the foreseeable future. It is my goal to cut the United States deficit
in half while in office. Not only do I believe that this is an accomplishable goal, but I also believe
that it is possible to do so while also raising the minimum wage, cutting taxes for small
businesses and middle class, working families, and investing more into green energy and fossil
fuel alternatives, disease research, and technological development of this entire great nation. I
also believe that we are one of the most powerful nations in the world, but that does not mean
that we should be involved in every military conflict or situation that the world has to offer.
Because of this, I will be minimizing United States involvement in military issues by reducing the
number of predator drone strikes, pulling United States troops gradually out of areas that we
have successfully stabilized, and other means. There are also a number of things I wish to
accomplish if elected President: I will fight for the protection of net neutrality and the
implementation of free broadband internet for all Americans, I will fight for maximization of
United States resources, I will fight to establish transparent foreign relations with the nuclear
powers of the world, I will fight to provide affordable healthcare to every American, and I will
fight to keep Social Security out of the hands of private companies.
I believe that all of these things and more can be accomplished by the time I leave office.
However, I can’t do all of this alone. I have come here tonight to tell you about not who I am, but
what I believe, and what I stand to do if elected President of this great country. All I ask is for
your support, whether it be your votes on November 8th, a couple dollars out of your pockets, or
word of mouth. It is your continued support that will ensure my ability to carry out this goals and
beliefs. It is the support of the American people, the knowledge that I am not the only person
who still believes in America, that keeps me going. The Cole Train is on it's way to Washington,
Fort Lauderdale; passengers on the track to victory are welcome and there is nothing that
anybody can do to stop us. Thank you and have a great night.
NOVEMBER
Aforementioned in my overall cover sheet, my campaign strategy follows a simple 3

parts. First, I targeted Democratic states first and foremost to activate my voter base in those
states. Then, I targeted swing states heavily in order to secure the number of electoral votes
needed to get passed 270 total. Finally, my party and I raised and spent money in every state,
aiming to elect Democrats across the country for other positions of public office.
November, being a shorter month than October, left me with less time to visit a varied
group of voters and get maximum media exposure. However, I still did my best to target the
groups that I targeted in October, mainly targeting working class Americans, college students,
minorities, and the groups that would benefit from new policy initiatives, especially civil rights
issues pertaining to homosexual Americans, women Americans, and disabled Americans. Also
taking account into my inability to visit more places and campaign more heavily in person in the
month, both my party and I used a higher rate of putting out our total purchased advertisement
times and places.
I visited a lesser number of interest groups in November (listed in the Daily Schedule),
but I still tried to visit a varied group of people and get a reasonable amount of media exposure.
I believe that the media exposure was extremely important in the days leading up to the
election, as more media exposure means that more people will get information about me as a
candidate and the very fact that it is important for them to get out to vote on November 8th.
As for campaign spending and as I’ve mentioned twice before, members of my party and
I have raised $3.5 billion dollars in August, September, and part of October. November is
substantially smaller than October in terms of the election, but my party and I spent a higher
amount of money per day on advertising. We spent $0.9 billion in November, which comes out
to $112.5 million per day. That’s about $28.6 million more per day than we spent in October to
try and make up for the lack of time to campaign, a total of 23 days less in November.
Daily Schedule: November
November 1st
5a: Arrive in Providence, RI
6a-8a: Give breakfast speech to Environmental Council of RI/meet & greet
Topic: Fossil fuel alternatives
11a-12p: Give speech to Fight Back RI
Topic: Marriage equality
3p-4p: Give breakfast speech at local LULAC headquarters
Topic: Helping legal immigrants for the sake of avoiding illegal immigration
7p-8p: Give speech at local NASW headquarters
11p: Give interview on RI nightly news
Topic: North Korea and South Korea
November 2nd
2a: Depart Providence
8a: Arrive in Manchester, NH
9a-10a: Give breakfast speech to New Hampshire Citizens Alliance (NHCA)
Topic: Free internet
1p-2p: Give speech to local Cornerstone Policy Research chapter

Topic: Preventing government shutdowns
5p-6p: Give dinner speech to local Seniors Coalition
Topic: Keeping Social Security privatized
9p-10p: Give interview on FOX news
Topic: Bipartisan cooperation
November 3rd
12a: Depart Manchester
6a: Arrive in Norfolk, Virginia
7a-8a: Give breakfast speech to local Families USA chapter
Topic: Affordable health care
11a-12p: Give luncheon speech to Virginia FREE
3p-4p: Give speech at Norfolk State University
Topic: Political activism
7p-8p: Give speech at local Project25 headquarters
Topic: Net neutrality
11p: Give interview on VA late night news
Topic: Voter ID laws
November 4th
2a: Depart Norfolk
7a: Arrive in Bridgeport, CT
8a-9a: Give breakfast speech to local ISTE chapter
Topic: STEM education
12p-1p: Give luncheon speech at local American Society for Nutrition headquarters
Topic: Healthy lunches for kids in schools
4p-5p: Give dinner speech to local AOSW chapter
Topic: Funding disease research
8p-9p: Give speech to Connecticut Primary Project
Topic: Legalizing marijuana nationwide
11p: Depart Bridgeport
November 5th
5a: Arrive in Washington, D.C.
6a-7a: Give breakfast speech to Democratic Party members
Topic: Getting the people to vote
10a-11a: Give speech at local AADL headquarters
Topic: Asian-American relations
2p-3p: Give speech at Georgetown University
Topic: Public service
6p-10p: Give speech at National Mall/meet & greet
November 6th
12a: Depart Washington, D.C.
6a: Arrive in Pittsburgh, PA
7a-8a: Give speech to PA Chamber of Business and Industry

11a-12p: Give speech at local USW headquarters
Topic: Modern American Industry
3p-4p: Give speech at local NAM headquarters
Topic: Keeping jobs in America
7p-8p: Give interview on NBC evening news
Topic: Voting on the 8th
10p: Depart Pittsburgh, PA
November 7th
1a: Arrive in Philadelphia, PA, check into hotel
6a-7a: Give breakfast speech to FAIR
Topic: Immigration reform
10a-11a: Give speech at Temple University
2p-3p: Give speech at PA Historical Society center
Topic: Honoring our nation’s history
Topic: Voting tomorrow
10-11p: Give interview on Power 99 radio station
Topic: Going out to vote
November 8th
7a-8a: Open local Voting
11a: Depart Philadelphia
1p: Arrive in Scranton, PA
Topic: Getting out to vote
6p-7p: Give interview on CBS
Topic: Getting out to vote
10p: Go home and take a well-deserved rest.
JOURNAL ENTRIES : November
November 6th, 2016
We left D.C. last night at midnight and slept in our vehicles on the way to Pittsburgh, PA,
where we stopped for today. I felt that Pittsburgh, which holds 306 thousand of Pennsylvania’s
12.67 million residents, was a good starting point for campaigning in the state ("Pittsburgh
(city) quickfacts," 2014). Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes and is also my home
state, so it seemed appropriate to round out the last several days of the election
campaigning here to really kick off the PA voter base (“2012 presidential election,”
2012).
To start off the day, I gave a speech at the headquarters of the PA Chamber of
Business and Industry. I spoke to them about cutting taxes for small businesses, one of

the five main planks in my campaign platform. It seemed appropriate to speak to an
organization that supports business about such a topic. Directly following this, I gave a
speech to the local USW chapter about the state of American industry and where I
believe it has the potential to be. Pittsburgh, a city which has been working in the steel
industry since the late 1700’s and became known as the steel center of the world, was a
prime target for talking to steel workers about a pertinent topic ("Pittsburgh (steel)
historical,").
Yet again referencing Pittsburgh’s historical prominence with steel
manufacturing, I met with the local NAM chapter to talk about keeping jobs in America. I
made sure to tell them about the tax benefits of keeping jobs stateside and about how I
don’t believe that industry is destined to die in the United States. After my speech to
NAM, I headed to do an interview with the NBC evening news to get out word to their
viewers about a number of things, putting very heavy emphasis on getting out to the
polls on the 8th.
At 10pm, we departed Pittsburgh to head to Philadelphia for tomorrow. My party
and I spent a total of $104 million in Pennsylvania on campaigning and advertising, a
substantially higher amount of money than a great deal of states. We felt that this was
justified for Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes and for upholding the image that I care
about my home state and its voter awareness a great deal (“2012 presidential election,”
2012).
Sec 5 (Budget) - March 14th
PERSONAL
MONEY
State/Expense
Type Quantity Cost Per Total Cost
ALABAMA
30 sec ad 4 $50,000.00 $200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 0 $100,000.00 $0.00
Radio ad 10 $100.00 $1,000.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 4 $5,000.00 $20,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00

Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $271,000.00
ALASKA
30 sec ad 4 $50,000.00 $200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 6 $100.00 $600.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 0 $5,000.00 $0.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $325,600.00
ARIZONA
30 sec ad 6 $50,000.00 $300,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 15 $100.00 $1,500.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 4 $5,000.00 $20,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $446,500.00
ARKANSAS
30 sec ad 4 $50,000.00 $200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 10 $100.00 $1,000.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 5 $5,000.00 $25,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $351,000.00

CALIFORNIA
30 sec ad 28 $150,000.00 $4,200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 3 $500,000.00 $1,500,000.00
Radio ad 40 $1,000.00 $40,000.00
Newspaper ad 4 $100,000.00 $400,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 10 $50,000.00 $500,000.00
Travel 3 $1,000.00 $3,000.00
Food 3 $300.00 $900.00
Hotel 1 $500.00 $500.00
Total $6,644,400.00
COLORADO
30 sec ad 30 $50,000.00 $1,500,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
Radio ad 40 $100.00 $4,000.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 5 $5,000.00 $25,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 1 $500.00 $500.00
Total $1,755,800.00
CONNECTICUT
30 sec ad 12 $90,000.00 $1,080,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $300,000.00 $300,000.00
Radio ad 25 $500.00 $12,500.00
Newspaper ad 2 $50,000.00 $100,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 4 $25,000.00 $100,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $1,593,800.00
D.C.
30 sec ad 20 $50,000.00 $1,000,000.00

1/2 hour ad 3 $100,000.00 $300,000.00
Radio ad 25 $100.00 $2,500.00
Newspaper ad 3 $25,000.00 $75,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 5 $5,000.00 $25,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $1,403,800.00
DELAWARE
30 sec ad 8 $50,000.00 $400,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 20 $100.00 $2,000.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 6 $5,000.00 $30,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $583,300.00
FLORIDA
30 sec ad 42 $90,000.00 $3,780,000.00
1/2 hour ad 5 $300,000.00 $1,500,000.00
Radio ad 50 $500.00 $25,000.00
Newspaper ad 8 $50,000.00 $400,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 12 $25,000.00 $300,000.00
Travel 4 $1,000.00 $4,000.00
Food 4 $300.00 $1,200.00
Hotel 2 $500.00 $1,000.00
Fundraiser Hall 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Fundraiser Invites 1000 $24.00 $24,000.00
Total $6,135,200.00
GEORGIA
30 sec ad 8 $90,000.00 $720,000.00
1/2 hour ad 0 $300,000.00 $0.00
Radio ad 10 $500.00 $5,000.00
Newspaper ad 2 $50,000.00 $100,000.00

1/2 newspaper ad 3 $25,000.00 $75,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $900,000.00
HAWAII
30 sec ad 18 $50,000.00 $900,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
Radio ad 25 $100.00 $2,500.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 3 $5,000.00 $15,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $1,143,800.00
IDAHO
30 sec ad 5 $50,000.00 $250,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 15 $100.00 $1,500.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 4 $5,000.00 $20,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $396,500.00
ILLINOIS
30 sec ad 12 $90,000.00 $1,080,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $300,000.00 $300,000.00
Radio ad 10 $500.00 $5,000.00
Newspaper ad 4 $50,000.00 $200,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 5 $25,000.00 $125,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 1 $500.00 $500.00

Total $1,711,800.00
INDIANA
30 sec ad 8 $50,000.00 $400,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 13 $100.00 $1,300.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 4 $5,000.00 $20,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $571,300.00
IOWA
30 sec ad 20 $50,000.00 $1,000,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
Radio ad 30 $100.00 $3,000.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 6 $5,000.00 $30,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $1,284,300.00
KANSAS
30 sec ad 4 $50,000.00 $200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 0 $100,000.00 $0.00
Radio ad 5 $100.00 $500.00
Newspaper ad 0 $25,000.00 $0.00
1/2 newspaper ad 2 $5,000.00 $10,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $210,500.00

KENTUCKY
30 sec ad 4 $50,000.00 $200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 0 $100,000.00 $0.00
Radio ad 12 $100.00 $0.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 3 $5,000.00 $15,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $240,000.00
LOUISIANA
30 sec ad 5 $50,000.00 $250,000.00
1/2 hour ad 0 $100,000.00 $0.00
Radio ad 15 $100.00 $1,500.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 2 $5,000.00 $10,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $311,500.00
MAINE
30 sec ad 4 $50,000.00 $200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 20 $100.00 $2,000.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 4 $5,000.00 $20,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $373,300.00
MARYLAND
30 sec ad 12 $50,000.00 $600,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 16 $100.00 $1,600.00

Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 5 $5,000.00 $25,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $777,900.00
MASSACHUSETTS
30 sec ad 6 $90,000.00 $540,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $300,000.00 $600,000.00
Radio ad 5 $500.00 $2,500.00
Newspaper ad 1 $50,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 3 $25,000.00 $75,000.00
Travel 2 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
Food 2 $300.00 $600.00
Hotel 1 $500.00 $500.00
Total $1,270,600.00
MICHIGAN
30 sec ad 14 $50,000.00 $700,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 22 $100.00 $2,200.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 6 $5,000.00 $30,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $883,500.00
MINNESOTA
30 sec ad 15 $50,000.00 $750,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 28 $100.00 $2,800.00
Newspaper ad 2 $25,000.00 $50,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 4 $5,000.00 $20,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00

Total $924,100.00
MISSISSIPPI
30 sec ad 6 $50,000.00 $300,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad 10 $100.00 $1,000.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 2 $5,000.00 $10,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $436,000.00
MISSOURI
30 sec ad 8 $50,000.00 $400,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
Radio ad 14 $100.00 $1,400.00
Newspaper ad 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 3 $5,000.00 $15,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $641,400.00
MONTANA
30 sec ad 6 $50,000.00 $300,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
Radio ad 15 $100.00 $1,500.00
Newspaper ad 0 $25,000.00 $0.00
1/2 newspaper ad 2 $5,000.00 $10,000.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $511,500.00
NEBRASKA

30 sec ad 8 $50,000.00 $400,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Radio ad $100.00 $0.00
Newspaper ad $25,000.00 $0.00
1/2 newspaper ad $5,000.00 $0.00
Travel 0 $1,000.00 $0.00
Food 0 $300.00 $0.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $500,000.00
NEVADA
30 sec ad 35 $50,000.00 $1,750,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
Radio ad 20 $100.00 $2,000.00
Newspaper ad 5 $25,000.00 $125,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 2 $5,000.00 $10,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $2,088,300.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE
30 sec ad 24 $50,000.00 $1,200,000.00
1/2 hour ad 2 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
Radio ad 28 $100.00 $2,800.00
Newspaper ad 4 $25,000.00 $100,000.00
1/2 newspaper ad 8 $5,000.00 $40,000.00
Travel 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Food 1 $300.00 $300.00
Hotel 0 $500.00 $0.00
Total $1,544,100.00
NEW JERSEY
30 sec ad 20 $150,000.00 $3,000,000.00
1/2 hour ad 1 $500,000.00 $500,000.00

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