CIA admits to spying on Senate.Hacked into computers as aides assembled report on “enhanced interrogations.” Kansas Democrats Turn to Data in Governor’s Race and DCCC plans big turnout operation aimed at black voters. But beware...
In the most recent edition of Campaigns & Elections, we learn about the quiet death of a voter-contact technology: Facebook recently announced a grassroots murder. The culprit? A change in the way Facebook apps interact with the company’s...
CampaignGrid’s Steven Moore went on Karen Jagoda’s Digital Politics Radio this week, and a topic that came up fast was his firm’s parent company’s newly awarded patent on digital ad targeting via the voter file. Like other...
Be sure to check out the latest episode of Digital Politics Radio, hosted by Karen Jagoda. Topics this time, in a data-focused episode: Josh Cohen of the Open Supporter Data Interface talks about defining a common API to support interoperability of...
The anniversary almost slipped by unnoticed, but Epolitics.com officially turned eight years old on July 17th. Happy Birthday! Plenty’s changed around here in eight years; it’s funny to realize that one of the site’s earliest posts...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 400 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. A great way to see what advocacy content is working for a range of organizations and issues. Of note...
Quick Hits returns! The best damn reading list for online politics and advocacy on the planet…or any other. This catch-up edition features a few links that have languished in the queue for months, along with plenty of more-recent content. Look...
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of going on-air with Rick Morris, host of the FDH Lounge online show and my favorite conservative talk-radio guy. In 45 minutes, we covered ground ranging from the 2014 elections to the strategy behind Obamacare...
The DNC’s Matt Compton made a great side comment in a Netroots Nation panel on the evolution of campaign technology last weekend: Republicans want to see a moonshot, but Democrats are focused on winning the margins. What did he mean? When...
Intrepid Advertising Age reporter Kate Kaye has turned her attention to a big controversy in the digital campaigning world: the patent on data-targeted online advertising recently awarded to Audience Partners, the parent company of CampaignGrid (for...