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How can you build a political and fundraising support base when running for office?

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Host: How can you build a political and fundraising support base?

Ron Faucheux: Well, in any political campaign if you've never run for office before, often times you have to start from scratch as a candidate, but that doesn't mean that the resources aren't there. It doesn't mean that there aren't existing groups of people in organizations who support certain issues, supports certain philosophies that you are going to stand for. So it's really a matter to identify where these people are, where these groups are, go talk to them. Go explain to them the positions that you have taken on issues whether it's political groups or political party groups or civic organizations, a local community and grassroots groups that you can go find people where you have common ground and then to build up credibility within those organizations and within those groups and among those individuals and ultimately you build a political coalition under that.

Expert: Ron Faucheux

Ron Faucheux is one of America's top political and public affairs analysts. Contributor-at-Large for Campaigns & Elections magazine - a nonpartisan publication he previously published and edited - he writes a column on politics and public opinion. Currently head of government affairs for the American Institute of Architects, Dr. Faucheux is a former state legislator and cabinet secretary. He's the author More »