re: uspol, ask for help.
@magicalmilly Wherever you are, there's probably a local chapter of the Democratic party that you can drop by maybe? I went to my local Young Democrats group for a while and I thought it was a good way to get some exposure to what low-level politics is actually like, and meet people also involved in it. (Some folks from that group went on to hold local and state offices, not sure anyone's "made it big" nationally.)