Rumback said she has found that the key to motivating people politically is to find out what issues they do care about, then relate candidates' positions to their lives. A lot of people are concerned about Social Security. So I explain positions and try to get them to care. Betts said grassroots campaign work is a lot different from the election process he has read about in class. The text is the instruction booklet.
People have different backgrounds.
It gives you a different view. You've got to take the message where the people are, he said. They call me Don the Politician. Part of it is idealism. Part of it is aspiration.