Epolitics.com editor Colin Delany writes the “Technology Bytes” column for “Campaigns & Elections” magazine.
We may have voted just four weeks ago, but the political world is already preparing for the next war. This time around, neither side is likely to have enough digital soldiers: A modern presidential campaign also requires a modern digital operation...
Plenty of people’s electoral hash will likely be settled on November 6th, and we may get answers to some big digital questions that day, too. In my October Campaigns & Elections column, I look at three big trends the elections should...
Are “viral” fundraising videos replacing TV ads? The New York Times evidently thinks so. Will they dethrone email as the king of digital political fundraising? The short answer: no time soon. But, the fact that Democratic candidates have...
Could Facebook’s new rules for political advertising actually encourage more of it? This idea came up in a discussion with the team at DSPolitical a few weeks ago, and I explored it in detail in my most recent Campaigns & Elections piece...
Just what we needed: something ELSE to be scared of in 2018. The technology to create realistic fake video and audio is moving fast, as I discuss in my latest Campaigns & Elections column. What happens when someone can “make” a...
Here’s a paradox for you: individual Republican candidates have struggled to raise money this year, to the point that some observers have wondered if many of them are even viable in November. Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee is...
Most of coverage of Cambridge Analytica’s work with Trump 2016 and other campaigns has focused on the potential fallout for the president and his team or for the company itself. What about the implications for 2018 political campaigns? I...
The AP reported yesterday that the campaign of former Tennessee governor and Democrat Phil Bredesen, now running to replace Bob Corker in the Senate, may have been hit by a cyber-attack: In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, campaign lawyer...
If you’re running this year, every second is precious — and the early seconds are the most precious of all for digital organizers. Most online outreach is incremental, trench warfare rather than blitzkrieg. We recruit a few people today...
My latest Campaigns & Elections column sets us up for the year ahead, with a look at three big trends that we should watch in 2018. A preview: Campaigns, nonprofits and other political actors will confront the same social-media challenge now...