- 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 science of campaigning. A look at data-driven voter targeting, including a history lesson.
- Political TV Ads Can Be Wasteful. But That’s Changing, due to data. C.f. Political ads flood Pandora before mid-terms.
- Why Hasn’t ‘Big Data’ Saved Democracy?
- Whole Foods and Elections: Proof That Political Data Can Be Absurd.
- A Facebook scoreboard for the midterms. Note: new “dashboard” includes both vanity and engagement numbers. C.f. Twitter’s new guide for campaigners.
- Study: Social Media Can Moderate Users’ Politics.
- Meet the Hill Staffer With 50,000 Followers.
- Why social media won’t transform our politics.
- Patrick Ruffini Forecasts the GOP’s Future.
- Pew Report: Political Polarization & Media Habits. Bubbles, of the media variety.
- Men experience slightly more online harassment — but young women are hit with the most severe forms. C.f. Social Advocacy and Politics: Social Warfare Seeps into the Mainstream. Update: Online Misogyny Levels Up as Gamergate Targets Gawker.
- Inside the Life-or-Death Advocacy on Ebola.
- Driving Online Action with Social Media Graphics, and An Example Of How To Fundraise With Nonprofit Infographics.
- Understanding How Social Media Impacts SEO.
- If voters leave an Obama rally, do Facebook users hear about it? “Mark as spam” as a political weapon.
- How to Build Your Influencers in Social Media.
- Please be Kind as Social Media Response Rates Decline.
- Give Until It Hurts On #GivingTuesday. Emphasis on the “hurts” part.
- How to Write the Perfect GOTV Phone Script.
- Early Voting Offers No Proof That Democrats Have Improved Turnout Effort.
- GOP Wields Romney Fundraising List in Senate Battle.
- Getting Ready for Hillary Costs About $1,000 Per Hour.
- The Most Expensive Midterm Election Ever.
- Netizen Report: Twitter Users Under Fire in Mexico, Venezuela, Turkey.
- 10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits.
- 10 Facebook Page Best Practices for Nonprofits.
- [INFOGRAPHIC] How To Write An Annual Fundraising Appeal Letter.
- Making the Sausage: Dariusz Jemielniak on How to Think About [Wikipedia] Edit Wars.
- On the subject of stock photography on campaign websites.
- Autonomous Machines to Defeat Threats Beyond the Speed of Thought.
- And finally, [Pennsylvania Supreme Court] Justice Suspended in Email Porn Scandal.
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– cpd