We called those people votegetters and they would only talk to the peons just before an election. the girl votegetters would run around making the “v” for victory sign and grinning. Did you ever look for your Mr. Flick after high school to see what he had achieved?
Yeah. I had one accidental encounter with him and much later found him on the Web. E-mailed him a few times. He achieved a very minor bit of fame and then... well, better not go further than that.