Examples of Involving
jimdemint.com
This kid doesn’t waste any time. Before you get to his actual website, you hit his splash page (I think that’s what it’s called) with a list of options to 1) email his page to three of your friends, 2) follow Jim on twitter, 3) tweet Jim to your followers, or 4) set up a Jim-centric blog. Pretty solid use of internet trends, if you ask me.
Haradopolis’ website has a helpful way to get voter’s involved, it includes a link to answer a pre session survey. The survey includes 15 questions to voters with the last question being a box open to opinions or suggestions. This is a great way to get voters to feel involved by contributing their thoughts on issues, and also a great way to track and target your constituents and their stances on issues 
Haradopolis’ site also includes the typical, sign up to volunteer tab, however, it specifically asks the voter to click a box on how they want to help. Some of the options are: walking, waving on a street corner, putting up a yard sign, putting up a bumper sticker etc. This is probably a more efficient way to sort out voters who are interested in helping… that way they can help in the specific way they want to. Mike’s site also includes a link to his blogspot which hasn’t been updated since July of 2008. The blog is posts from the Senator and includes the option to add comments. Mike is a big education advocate and in the middle of his home page he has displayed an option to send an email to US Senator’s Martinez and Nelson to ask them to sign on the waiver to make sure education is fully funded. This is a bit different than the other sites but still a way to get people involved!!
Suzanne Kosmas has several options for voters to get involved including, “Take Action, Join Suzanne, which asks for an email address to stay connected. Additionally, voters can click to write a letter, or add the Congresswoman to their Flicker Friends, or to their Facebook Friends. One thing on Kosmas’site that stood out was the option to “Host a House Party for Change.” Something I imagine Trippi would be quite proud of. The site explains that these “house parties” are an excellent way for you and your friends to meet and get to know Kosmas. The website asks that you fill in some details and presumably Suzanne Kosmas will show up at your door? This is an interesting and ambitious way to help voters get involved.
Rubio’s site has plenty of ways to get involved. You can contribute to his “Floridian Shout Box” to add your two cents on an issue. This shot box scrolls across the bottom of his website. The website has a “GET INVOLVED” section where you are able to “Join Our Team” by submitting some personal information, including your email address. Additionally, from Rubio’s site you can send Marco a text message, invite him to speak, or connect with him on YouTube, Facebook or Twitter. I think Marco’s site does a really great job of providing a voter with multiple ways to get involved.
www.chuckdevore.com
Chuck DeVore, running for U.S. Senate from California, has an action center page (too bad that “action center” is misspelled on the page) offering six ways to get involved, all conveniently located in the same place on the website. They are Join Team DeVore, Contribute, Tell a Friend, Petition, Poll, and Events.
www.inglisforcongress.com
Bob Inglis, SC Representative, has a monthly “Let’s Talk Lunch Series” to discuss politics in an informal setting such as local restaurants or coffee shops.
www.bobmcdonnell.com
Bob McDonnell, running for Virginia Governor, has a pop-up window when you enter the site entitled “Get Involved in McDonnell Bracket Madness.” You can compete against other Virginians, the candidate, and campaign staff to select the best NCAA bracket. If you win, you get to choose between dinner with McDonnell in your hometown or a basketball game with McDonnell and his twin boys.
Kevin Ambler for Florida Senate
Kevin Ambler keeps involving simple on his site with simply a contact section and a “Join the Team” tab which allows people to sign up to be part of his “A-Team”… HA!
Cindy Sheehan For Congress
Sheehan has her own blog which allows comments and links at the top of the page to her YouTube, MySpace and Flickr pages. There is information for her Grassroots Action Center where supporters can volunteer and attend volunteer meetings every Tuesday at 6:30pm. Her campaign flyers and signs are even available for download on the site. And, of course, the usual sign up for e-mail.
Michele Bachmann has a link for constituents to participate in a Tele-Townhall where you can call in be apart of the discussion. She also has links to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The first thing on the screen when you go to Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s website is an email sign up box for you to receieve direct emails from the campaign about involvement opportunities.
is running for the California’s 32nd Congressional District. I am not a fan of her website, it is way too busy, but it does offer a variety of ways to be involved. Her website offers both online and offline donations, event RSVP forms, and a volunteer form. The volunteer form has both ways to volunteers and collection of information, such as language spoken.
bobgoodlatte.com
Another internet friendly list of activities, here. Right on the home page are links to friend Goodlatte on myspace and facebook. Also, if you blog for Bob, you can link your blog to his page, and they provide you with special graphics and widgets to gussy up your blog.
suemyrick.com
This site had two interesting features I noticed. The first was a way to send Sue to your friends. If you get 5 people to join her site/ campaign, you become a member of the “e-team;” 100, and you become an “e-captain.” I wonder how many you’d have to sign up for a night in the e-Lincoln Bedroom… Anyhoo, my favorite is the event planner section. You can plan an event, set up the details, and submit it to the campaign staff for approval, and if it seems legit, Sue comes to your party! A brilliant stroke, akin to sending Dean to the MeetUp events. I think voters would like the idea of a candidate coming them, instead of the normal candidate mandated events.
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