Charles Ellison asked me a good question yesterday: hasn’t Twitter (and by implication, other social channels like Facebook) replaced old-school email as a communications tool for political campaigns? My one-word answer: no. But why? Charles...
The latest issue of Campaigns & Elections magazine landed a week or so back, and I’m sure most of you have devoured your own copies in the days since. But for those few who haven’t yet taken advantage of one of C&E‘s...
A serious case of the Summer Slows has settled into the e.politics bunker lately; even the staff is napping more than usual. With the sun slipping from the sky a little earlier every day, I want to live these last summer moments hard, knowing that...
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...