Software Reviews : The Campaigner Reviewed by Patrick W. Hamlett,University of Missouri—Rolla Publisher: Rainbow Management Systems,Inc.,1301 Banks,Houston,Texas 77006 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: Four disks: Master File/Finance,Targeting,Polling,Scheduling/Canvassing,user's manual Price: $495 Machine Specificity: ISM and compatibles System requirements: 128K memory,dual drive or HD,DOS 1.1 1 Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Good

Abstract

Overall, this is quite a nice system, capable of handling the needs of most small-to-medium size campaigns. The word processor seems more than adequate for most campaign-related activities (solicitation letters, speeches, etc.), and is relatively easy to master, even for a beginner. The financial report generator, scheduler, masterfile/mail-merge operations, canvasser, targeting, and polling functions are flexible and efficient, well within the needs ofmost local races-likely to be effective for a congressional race, but probably not sufficient for a major senatorial race.