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...
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...
Be sure to check out the latest episode of Digital Politics Radio, hosted by Karen Jagoda. Topics this time, in a data-focused episode: Allen Fuller of VoterGravity talks about using geo-spatial data to improve field operations and the need to break...
A few days back, A Loyal Reader sent over a story that should have gotten more attention than it did. It turns out that Thad Cochran didn’t just make good strategic decisions, like courting Democratic voters in a Republican primary; his...
On Thursday I had the pleasure of sharing a stage with Chris Wegrzyk (Blue Labs), Bruce Willsie (Labels & Lists) and Matt McMillan (Buzzmaker) at the 2014 Victory Awards Conference (you might remember that last year Epolitics.com won a Victory...
The big news in the domestic political campaign world late last week was the announcement that the 2012 Obama campaign’s trove of data and technology would be released for use by other Democrats in 2014. For details, check out Kate...
One of the lovely quirks of our political finance system is the role of “dark money” spent by organizations that DON’T have to disclose their donors. Where does it go? Thanks to a MapLight analysis of Federal Elections Commission...
The November/December issue of Campaigns & Elections is now fully online, including a new edition of Technology Bytes! The big story this time around: an inside look at the role of Big Data in the 2013 Virginia election, including the all...
Last October we talked about the Republican National Committee’s plan to build its grassroots/field and digital infrastructure, and according to The Atlantic’s Molly Ball, it’s beginning to work: At Thursday’s RNC meeting...
The following is an excerpt from the new ebook, “How to Use the Internet to Win in 2014: A Comprehensive Guide to Online Politics for Campaigns & Advocates”, available in the Amazon store for the Kindle e-reader and as a PDF here on...