Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle. Note: I am not ashamed to admit that one of them made me cry. Give a Shit About Nature (267.9x) UltraViolet (248...
Slate has a good article this morning about Bill de Blasio, who might just be New York City’s next mayor. The critical part, for our purposes: “Will you stay in touch with us?†Bill de Blasio asks this of each potential voter as he stands...
The folks at political consulting firm BuzzMaker have come up with a damn useful little tool: a simple calculator that projects online fundraising totals over time, based on variables like list size, response rate, unsubscribe rate, how many emails...
Update: As I was writing this piece, ANOTHER Emily’s List email hit my inbox…supporter-mobilization in action. Some of those crazy kids on the Right have been having fun lately…at least, what THEY consider fun. First up:...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle. CODEPINK (145x) I Heart Climate Scientists (62x) Human Rights Campaign (57x) Media Matters for America (51x)...
The Hill reported this morning on a fascinating development in the internal Republican war over the strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Democrats won’t agree to “defund” Obamacare: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio...
Yay, August in DC! Congress is home, the streets are quiet, and we’re even enjoying a burst of Spring-like weather. But if you’re a political advocate, your life probably isn’t as slow as it would have been in past years: At town...
Last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle: Forecast the Facts (1131x) Chesapeake Climate Action Network (86x) Americans Against Fracking (70x) Indiana AFL-CIO (65x)...
Howdy folks, Wednesday morning I’ll be venturing out of the e.politics bunker for a trip down to Capitol Hill for a panel discussion, part of the new Conncected Congress series. I’m on-stage with friends Serenety Hanley and Lorelei...
Just a day after celebrating our own first seven years online, it’s time to welcome a new website to the digital politics beat. Joe Fuld has been running a political consulting firm called The Campaign Workshop for a while now, and he’s...