Democrats didn’t win Georgia in November and again in January by accident. Those narrow victories followed years of political organizing by groups led by Stacey Abrams and others, including organizations focused on specific communities and narrow slices of the electorate. This long-term...
Read More »Photo: A digital roadmap Planning a political campaign in 2021? Check out the outline below, written for a campaign to elect a candidate or win a ballot election in the United States this year. Many of the ideas will also apply overseas or to those advocating for policy changes or doing...
Read More »Over the past couple of weeks, the Democratic National Committee has sent out at least two emails raising money specifically to support a revived fifty-state strategy. According to the appeals, the party plans to play in every zip code in every state in America. They’re also investing in...
Read More »The past two years have taught political professionals some serious lessons. What happens when campaigns raise more money than they know what to do with? Unfortunately for Democrats, not always win. Also: the big gap between social media and the real world, featuring another harsh dose of...
Read More »After Joe Biden nailed down the Democratic presidential nomination almost a year ago, many worried that Donald Trump’s online disinformation machine would make short work of him. As the election season built toward the fall and Trump’s social-media numbers consistently blew...
Read More »This year I got to do serious political campaign work for the first time. Yes, I’ve been deep in the world of digital political advocacy for more than two decades, and I’ve helped out on small campaigns in the past, but this election cycle immersed me in the mechanics of working to...
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