Congressional town hall meetings under siege about healthcare? It could be 2009, but it’s not — and the Congressmembers in question are Republicans, not Democrats. Like their Left-leaning colleauges eight years ago, some Republicans are having a hard time accepting that their...
Read More »New Epolitics.com contributor Dr. Jeff Swift is the author of “Digital Community Organizing: Why Political Power Must be Shared, Not Stored”, which outlines practical strategies for using digital media to build powerful networks. The 2016 election broke almost all the rules of...
Read More »A year ago, we covered the debut of the Clinton campaign’s Twitter posse. Now that we’re in debate season, we get to watch her rally the troops. Pre-debate, her team sends out preparatory messages, like this one that arrived today (subject line: “#Debates2016: Your third and...
Read More »New contributor! Bryan Fratkin is a friend-of-e.politics and the founder of SparkInfluence. He recently noticed that Marco Rubio limits his constituents to small sips of water on the communications front, metaphorically speaking. At SparkInfluence, we look at a lot of Senate and House websites...
Read More »Quick thought: when advocates, fundraisers and organizers talk about the “ladder of engagment”, we usually speak in terms of “moving people up.” I.e., we’re getting our supporters to take higher-value actions over time, yielding more in practical results. Each time...
Read More »Hey kids, let’s celebrate the election year by digging into the sordid past of Epolitics.com, resurrecting posts from 2008 and 2012 for a semi-regular Throwback Thursday feature. First up, that time Obama and Clinton fought over my neighborhood, in a piece that first appeared on February...
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