Question

sometimes people want to get more directly involved in the political process. working with a political party is one way to get involved.
scott feels strongly about a political party and wants to help its candidates get elected. he sees that the party is recruiting volunteers and is also hiring some professional staff. the volunteer roles are unpaid, temporary roles where they need lots of people for a specific task and a limited time. the jobs for paid campaign staff, on the other hand, are full - time, require just one person for the role, and require specific skills and experience.
sort the activities by whether they are more likely to be done by volunteers or professional campaign staff.
going door to door throughout the city to talk with voters in the weeks before the election
leading get - out - the - vote efforts across an entire state through several elections
handing out information about a candidate at a local summer festival
calling and texting people to remind them to vote in the election
managing a candidates campaign budget with professional accounting software
maintaining a candidates social media profile with professional ad content

Explanation:

Volunteers are for short - term, large - scale, less - specialized tasks. Professional staff are for long - term, specialized, single - person tasks.

• "Going door - to door throughout the city to talk with voters in the weeks before the election" is a large - scale, short - term task (needs many people for a limited time), so it's for volunteers.
• "Handing out information about a candidate at a local summer festival" is a short - term, local task (fits volunteer role: unpaid, temporary, many - people - needed).
• "Calling and texting people to remind them to vote in the election" is a short - term, can - be - done - by - many (volunteer task).
• "Leading get - out - the - vote efforts across an entire state through several elections" is a long - term (across several elections), specialized (leading a state - wide effort), single - person (professional staff role).
• "Managing a candidate's campaign budget with professional accounting software" requires specific skills (professional accounting software), so it's for professional staff.
• "Maintaining a candidate's social media profile with professional ad content" needs specific skills (professional ad content creation), so it's for professional staff.

Answer:

Volunteers: going door to door throughout the city to talk with voters in the weeks before the election; handing out information about a candidate at a local summer festival; calling and texting people to remind them to vote in the election.
Paid campaign staff: leading get - out - the - vote efforts across an entire state through several elections; managing a candidate's campaign budget with professional accounting software; maintaining a candidate's social media profile with professional ad content.