My prediction for 2020: volume, volume, volume, at least when it comes to digital advertising. For a start, Donald Trump never really quit running for president after 2016, and he’s already spent tens of millions on Facebook and Google in 2019...
Republicans keep outspending Democrats on persuasion advertising, and this time it’s not just the president: The difference is especially stark on Facebook, where more than 100 congressional Republican incumbents and challengers and national...
Hi folks, apologies for being awol for so long. After the book party, I was burned out and needed a break. Unfortunately, that turned into a spiral of procrastination, angst, wailing, moaning, gnashing of teeth and other fun times. Last week, I...
New Epolitics.com contributor! Myles Bugbee is a digital strategist who has consulted from city council to congressional to presidential campaigns. During the 2018 cycle, he directed Sen. Jon Tester’s digital program and was dubbed “Mr...
Strategic bombing, by a rebel group, via drone: welcome to the 21st century. Just today, we learned that Yemeni Houthi rebels planned and launched what was obviously a carefully targeted attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The explosions and...
Axios has reported that “President Trump’s campaign and key allies plan to make allegations of bias by social media platforms a core part of their 2020 strategy”. The supposed goal? To tarnish social media the same way the Right...
Ebook excerpt! The following draws from Chapter Five of the latest edition “How to Use the Internet to Change the World — and Win Elections”. While sample plan below is designed to help candidates run better digital campaigns for...
Greetings from Philadelphia! I’m here for Netroots Nation, where a couple of thousand of the finest people I know have gathered to discuss political organizing, effective digital campaigning and much more. I’m leading a training on...
Responding to criticism that they’ve ceded the field to Trump in battleground states while potential presidential nominees fight it out, Democratic groups went to Politico’s Maggie Severn this weekend to argue that they aren’t...
Top Photo: Leading a Republican voter to water Between now and Election Day 2020, Democrats have a lot of persuading to do. It won’t be easy — and Donald Trump is already well ahead of us. First, the problem: outside of the suburbs...