[WTP] Participation Goes a Long Way

Day 2,472, 11:21 • Published in USA USA • by MrCarey
'We The People' Thank You All & How Participation and Determination Gets You Places

What up party people and fellow readers!? The congress race is over and the dust has settled. This article is going to be a bit shorter than previous articles, but the content will be just as good! As the title states, this is a 2 part article, but both parts will be in this single article. Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone out there who voted for We The People in the congressional elections. The vote count for WTP ended up at 112, which is down from 125 in July. However, we still ended up with 8 congress members again this month. There are two new congress members as well this month which is always exciting! The two new members are Blande and myself.



I’d like to just take a moment and personally thank everyone on my behalf for supporting me this term. As you most may know, We The People holds primaries for congress positions. In this recent primary I finished in 2nd place with 31 votes. I’ve got to be honest, I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of votes I got. There were big name people on the ballot who I cleared by quite a bit, which brings me to my next topic… You don’t need to be an ‘elite’ to hold high ranking positions.



I came back into the game back in July - yeah, last month - and now I’m in congress. Most of the people I knew back in my earlier days are either dead or have fallen back into two-clickers. So it’s pretty safe to say, I’m a fairly new face to a majority of the people out there. This goes to show that it doesn’t matter if you’ve been a constant player for years, if you’re just coming back into the game, or if you’re just new all together - if you put yourself out there and get involved, you do have opportunities to excel.



I posted a ‘Thank You’ post in the WTP Forums regarding the primaries, and I’d like to touch on some points that RacoonGoon made in his reply:
“I just want to say that this pleases me, both because I think you'll be an excellent representative of We The People in congress and because your presence near the top of the ballot is proof that newer WTP members can succeed in the WTP congress system.

Some months ago, we felt an undercurrent of newer and/or less active members feeling disenfranchised because they felt the primary system made it hard for them to make inroads in a WTP ballot full of established names. Though it was (in general) the feeling of leadership that those players either did not (or did not know how to) best present themselves and campaign to sell themselves as the best candidates for WTP at large, and that the best we could do for them was try to teach and encourage them to campaign for a better ballot spot.”


He then made it clear he wasn’t saying this to flatter me - but that so far my short time in WTP thus far has touched on three key points:
1. I’ve spent time creating a dialogue with other WTP members.
2. I've made yourself known and available to WTP leadership
3. I've willingly donated my time and effort to make WTP a better party and make eRep a better place for WTP members.

He and I both agree, that’s really all it takes. It’s not some big complicated run-a-round people need to go through. If you want to be involved in the game in a higher level, then you need to get involved. It’s as simple as that. Get involved at the party level as a deputy in a department, get your name out there - which is easy if you are involved behind the scenes in the party, and keep pushing for those more illustrious positions.



I hope there are new players reading this and taking this advice to heart if they are wishing to climb up the political ladder. It does take time though, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying I’m planning on going from Deputy of Media and Deputy of Retention, to Congressman, to Party President, to PotUS all in the matter of a month or two. That would be silly and I don’t think I would have the necessary experience I feel is needed for those higher positions.

Also, you need to balance your time and involvement within the game. Don’t get involved with so many things at once that you get burned out. Before I decided to run for congress, I was Media Department Deputy and Retention Department Deputy for We The People. I figured throwing congress in the mix would be good and wouldn’t overburden me. Shortly after my decision, Blande approached me for a position in a different department, but I declined because I didn’t want to be overwhelmed with responsibilities. As I said in previous articles, if you don’t feel you can provide the required amount of attention and effort toward a position, don’t accept the job.

With that, I leave you all to dwell over some of the points made here. Get involved with politics, media, the government (There are tons of departments and programs out there that need good people), or the military and make your experience here in eRepublik a great one!


-MrCarey