Enough good reading about internet politics and advocacy to keep us busy until the New Year’s hangovers fade. [Image: Deep Impact probe comet collision. Boom!] The Kochs eclipse the RNC: Meet the guys behind the right’s best data shop. Koch brothers create an alternate campaign...
Read More »How the GOP used Twitter to stretch election laws. Illegal coordination via anonymous Twitter accounts? More: GOP Operatives Use Twitter To Hide In Plain Sight. How Facebook plans to become one of the most powerful tools in politics. C.f. Facebook Turning Its Sites, User Data To Political Ads and...
Read More »For Democrats, Turnout Efforts Look Successful (Though Not Elections). State-by-state comparison shows the results, but Dems still lost. C.f. DCCC Touts Historic Fundraising, Advertising. Only problem: that whole “winning” thing. How Big Data sucked the soul out of Democratic...
Read More »For Charlie Baker, data is key in bid for undecideds: GOP banking on voter details in Massachusetts. C.f. GOP Works to Improve Targeting of Voters and The Most Tech-Savvy Candidate Running for Statewide Office This Year is a Republican. But also note The GOP’s 2016 tech deficit. The nerd...
Read More »In which we lead with a story about Ebola, as is currently required by the state of media hysteria. How to Advocate on Ebola: National Nurses United. GOP Races To Catch Obama 2012 Campaign Data Techniques, a good look at data-driven TV buying. C.f. The cable networks that draw the most partisan...
Read More »A day late, but still ready to rumble. Why political fundraising emails represent everything that’s wrong with our politics. C.f. DCCC, I’m pleading with you and the recent Epolitics.com piece by Dave Leichtman and Brett Schenker. How Those Crazy Democratic Fundraising Emails Work...
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