Lessons in campaigning for local government

[Millhouse]

Just curious as to where your candidate's name and the second place opponent was on the ballot. I remember studying local elections back when I majored in poli sci, and believe it or not but the first name on the ballot had a slightly higher chance of being selected, especially if their are quite a few candidates to choose from.

For example if a voter not familiar with any of the candidates sees 10 names up for whatever, they might just pick the first one and move on. It's not a big factor by any means, but for really tight races, little things like that could be a deciding factor oddly enough.