Take Cover! Stop the presses and hide the children! A political candidate has sent an email message that lays out a substantive policy position and DOESN’T just ask for money. Behold this rare animal, recently sent by Massachusetts...
Update: An Astute Reader notes that NB’s statement doesn’t mention that it was an American client or that the elections in question were Tuesday’s primaries. Good point! I made that assumption, but NB’s clients are...
Hi folks, last week I had the pleasure of going on Digital Politics Radio, where host Karen Jagoda and talked about hashtag activism and the big changes in the digital politics world since 2010. Plus, we talk with Adriel Hampton about community...
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? No clear trends…but a cat does save the day. 1. UltraViolet (251.8x) Post...
Check out my cool new toy! The time was early 2010: the iPad had just debuted, Glee was soon to hit TV screens for the first time, and the universe reeled from the knowledge that Michael Jackson was still dead. In the political world, Scott Brown...
Congratulations to folks behind CQRollCall’s new advocacy blog, Connectivity! This new publication will cover digital advocacy topics dear to Epolitics.com readers’ hearts, and you should definitely check it out. Some recent highlights:...
The following is an excerpt from “How to Use the Internet to Win in 2014: A Comprehensive Guide to Online Politics for Campaigns & Advocates”, available for download on Amazon.com and here on Epolitics.com. For background on...
Hi folks, the Art of Political Campaigning two-day training event is coming up fast! Put on by our friends at Campaigns & Elections magazine, it’s an in-depth exploration of practical political topics, with sessions delivered by people...
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? #BringBackOurGirls, even if George Will does not approve. 1. American Jewish...
On today’s Fox News Sunday, George Will and Brit Hume gave the #BringBackOurGirls awareness-raising campaign for the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls what they intended to be a serious intellectual beat-down: “Do you think that this is...