Who is Dr. Ken Stanley?

Ken helps volunteers deliver votes

Dr. Stanley helps volunteers motivate voters to fill out Commit-To-Vote cards, making those voters more likely to vote. Campaigns are well aware of the advantages of a Commit-To-Vote card campaign, but few know how to help volunteers collect them. Indeed, most campaigns end up dropping their Commit-To-Vote campaign because their volunteers are not successful. Dr. Stanley helps all volunteers become more successful in Commit-To-Vote cards. He knows exactly what first time canvassers need in order to collect Commit-To-Vote cards on their very first canvass. And he knows how to make every volunteer more successful every time that they canvass.

“I take pride in the fact that every volunteer that I train ends up collecting at least one Commit-To-Vote card on their first canvass. Most are collecting 5 or 6 per canvass by their third canvass.”

– Ken Stanley

Since 2016, Dr. Ken Stanley has trained


Training canvassers and organizers in collecting Commit-To-Vote cards

  • I trained canvassers in how to collect Commit-To-Vote cards for four congressional campaigns over the past two years: Parnell (SC-5, Aug ’17), O’Connor (OH-12, Aug ’18), Harbaugh (OH-7 Nov’18), O’Connor (OH-12, Nov ’18) and one city council race: Alomar Davenport 4th Ward, Mansfield (May ’19)
  • I trained field organizers in the Indiana Coordinated Campaign (Nov ’18) and the O’Connor for Congress Campaign (OH-12, Aug ’18) on how to help volunteers collect Commit-To-Vote cards.

Other campaigns

In 43 years Dr. Ken Stanley has managed 11 campaigns, worked on 14 and trained volunteers and organizers in 3 others.

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“When I wanted my Social Psychology course to give students the tools to effectively politically organize, I turned to Ken for advice and incorporated that into my lectures.”

– Cindy Frantz
Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies, Oberlin College

He led Oberlin Votes in Oberlin, Ohio in 2004, which increased voter participation by 60%, from 3,536 in 2000 to 5,270, and nearly doubled the margin for the Democratic candidates from 2,092 to 4,010.

Education

Ken Stanley earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Purdue University in 1979. He was named the most outstanding undergraduate math student two years in a row and placed 21st in the nation on the Putnam National Mathematical competition.

Ken Stanley received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 1996, studying high performance scientific computing.