Standardized Plank Structure

Content

Current Problem

The Current Problem statement should be 3 or 4 sentences. The first sentence should be a positive statment which is impossible to argue on it's own. Followed by "However, the liberal and conservative government have...", and then only use "the current system" once - max. Try to use the global "You" at least once.

Short-Term Goals

Incremental, implementation, achievable goals.

Long-Term Goals

Ideally, in the long-run, the pure libertarian position.

Summarizing Language

TWO adjectives, ONE noun

(Eg. Better, faster, healthcare.)

ONE Catchy Slogan

Eg. Wait any longer, and you'll be waiting longer.)

ONE One-sentence quote

from a “candidate” (Eg. "My liver failed, and it took 9 years for the surgery"...)

ONE Three-sentence quote

from a “candidate”. (Eg. "I want freedom. I want choice. People don’t realize they are slaves.")

TWO Charts/Graphs/InfoGraphics

(Eg. "Healthcare spending per capita trend")

High level bullet Summary

Short-term

• ...
• ...
• ...

Long-term

• ...
• ...
• ...

ONE economic concept

(Eg. “Laffer Curve”, "Supply the demand dead-weight loss")

THREE photos

define "what", Eg. "Durham Region Hospital", "Old People smiling", “Tree”, or a specific school that was in the center of recent controversy”)

Guidance For Candidates

Writing to be used in training, and support of candidates. Not for publishing.

References

...citations are necessary