Give-Aways Promotional items such as pencils, pens, rulers, cups, glasses, napkins, etc. If someone donates them, fine. Try to sell them, or give them away as prizes at a fundraising event. Soundtruck and Caravans Rigging a speaker system to your car and driving around town asking for votes is an old-time political gimmick that is probably still used in some places. To say the least, it borders on the obnoxious.
Caravans are all right, though.
The typical caravan will have ten or twelve cars plastered with crepe paper and signs, driving around main streets on a Saturday or Sunday. There is nothing wrong with this unless the drivers give into the temptation to honk their horns every two feet, which gets old very quickly. If you have a special event, make sure you barrage the media with notices, and that a sizable audience will be there. Never predict the size of an audience, especially to the media. If you do predict, aim low.