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...
Hi folks, last week I hooked up with Karen Jagoda and Digital Politics Radio for a campaign debrief, and we covered a ton of fruitful ground in just a twenty-minute chat. On the agenda: the role of social media, campaign messaging vs. campaign...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the several hundred progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. Of note this week: lots of post-election talk, plus a three-fer for Brave New Films. A special...
A few weeks ago I asked if the 2014 elections would expose the limits of political campaigning, and guess what: they did. Democrats busted their butts on the ground this year, and unlike 2010, they didn’t lose for lack of trying. Even before...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 400 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. Of note this week: VOTE! A special note to our readers-via-email: be sure to click through to the...
Photo courtesy Wikipedia Hi folks, Quick Hits is off this week, but our friends over at the Campaign Workshop have posted a nice alternative to our usual Friday reading list: they’ve pulled together links to some of the best Get Out The Vote...
2008 canvassing image courtesy Wikipedia. This just in: NGP VAN reports that Democrats have made 54% more individual voter contacts in 2014 than at this point in 2010, the last comparable mid-term election. Dems are counting on these phone calls and...
Election Day is just a week away! So why are campaigns still asking me for money? After all, even last-minute TV and radio ads should be bought by now, the office rent paid and the last round of direct mail out the door, so what can campaigns still...
Webinar reminder! Ticket sales end at 1 PM Thursday, so don’t miss out. We’ll see you Thursday. Year-End Online Fundraising: What You Need to Know (Webinar) When: October 30th, 2:00-3:15pm (Eastern) Presenter: Colin Delany, Epolitics.com...
Obama 2008 Field Team Photo via Wikipedia/Flickr user Matt B. Ashley Parker and Jonathan Weisman of the Times went door-to-door with campaign field teams in North Carolina a few days back, and their write-up provides as good a description of the...