3% of the popular vote, almost double the difference between the other candidates running. It was my first time ever running so I learned a few really valuable lessons. These lessons become more valuable with each person that learns about it.

#1. It's not a solo effort. To run and win, you need a team. Reaching the thousands of people required to win an election takes many person-years of effort.  

#2. It's not the print literature that is going to help you win. People need to see you and hear you speak. Ask you questions. By interacting with you and seeing your body language they get to 'know' you. Someone that knows you and believes in you, will vote for you, if they remember when election day is. 

#3. I am not the only one that is awake and fully aware of what is going on in this world. The term sheeple no longer applies to a significant proportion of the population. Remember the matrix? Well in our case you can't really "plug" back in. The matrix in our case is not some technological wonder, in our case it's a faulty knowledge of what happened in our world due to propaganda and lies we have been told since we were children. So if your cognitive dissonance powers are sufficient to plug you back into the matrix, fill your boots. Most of us are consigned to becoming surly and sarcastic as we deal with the depression induced by the impotent knowledge of how f****d we are. 

#4. Running when other people say that you are not going to win and they turn out to be right, is still worth it. It's the most effective countermeasure to depression induced by the IKHFWA (impotent knowledge of how f****d we are). I don't like being depressed. I don't want a pharmaceutical answer and my cognitive dissonance powers are not strong enough. Get involved, it really does help you deal with the IKHFWA.  

#5. The general public is open and receptive to hearing from strangers when it's done in conjunction with our elections. Have you ever tried to hand out a flyer? No one wants it. If they know an election is going on and you are part of it, they will stop and talk to you for a few minutes.