Student body elections. I'm running for president against my 5-year rival. The last time we ran at the same time, we tied. There are 1,000 kids in my school.

The competition is pretty much at full pace and we're a week before official campaign declarations. Speeches to each of the four grades coming up in 2 weeks, luckily that's my strong point. Competitiveness is at the point that I'm on google searching for common political tactics and how to counter attacks, how to strategize as an incumbent vs. a competitor, etc. He's already tried to pull some crazy shit that I can elaborate on later, idk if I should be firing back or not.

There's no way to tell who has the upper hand at this point, but he's far more "popular" than I am. This hasn't stopped me from winning in the past, but I'm not so sure this time because the "Student Organization" we're running for ties into the entire school, as opposed to being a "Class Cabinet" presidentdoing work relating to just our grade. I'm pumped and anxious at the same time. Tips?