Well, Bernie Sanders may contradict you.  Leveraged in social media, the campaign does not have to be elaborate to reach a lot of people, though the political tactics have rendered a few helpful discussion venues useless as with the City Club.   There really was not time given the change/notice last week, to reschedule before voting starts as the ballots are in the mail this Wednesday.  The essential business community here is the Chamber - who runs the City Club. Their constituents drive most processes and forums, and they've noticeably balked at letting me engage the incumbent.  Next step was simply making that known, then using it as a reason maybe folks should take a look at the quality of the  politics involved.  Unfortunately for the public dialogue, I think I will gain more votes now than from any debate in front of a smaller audience due to the attention the press has drawn to this.  In this sense their strategy may have backfired. I trust Springfield's young are waking up.