New from CNN: A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump’s victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation. Some of the...
New Epolitics.com contributor! Sangeeth Peruri is the CEO and founder of VoterCircle, a platform that helps campaigns leverage friend-to-friend connections for voter outreach. VoterCircle also appeared in my recent C&E piece on the broader...
Democrats are the party of digital campaigning. Barack Obama taught us that, right? But if it’s true, why did Republicans running for Congress outspend their Democratic opponents four to one on digital advertising? Actually, the numbers are...
Most political campaigns pinch pennies — if they can find a way to save a few bucks on voter outreach, they usually will. That’s one reason “addressable” advertising has become popular in the past five years, particularly at...
Epolitics.com contributor Deepak Puri has held executive positions at Oracle, Netscape and VMware, and is the founder of SkilledAnalysts.com, an IoT consulting firm, and co-founder of Democracy Labs, a non-profit hub in San Francisco that connects...
We’re playing catch-up this month, but Beth Becker’s latest “Political Social Grab Bag” e-newsletter came out a few weeks ago and we have it here for your enjoyment. An Epolitics.com online exclusive! Sign up now to get the...
New Epolitics.com contributor! Brendan Finucane is CEO of Ecanvasser, a political campaign technology based in Ireland. For more on data-protection in Europe, see Yussi Pick’s earlier piece on the death of safe harbor. Imagine a scenario in which...
If you caught Donald Trump’s Phoenix rally tonight, have a stiff drink — I think we could all use one. The speech itself was a parade of lies, distortions, omissions and outright madness, though I will point out that the President...
The next generation of activists and candidates trains online. As Yoda teaches Luke in Star Wars, “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” New Epolitics.com contributor! Deepak Puri has held executive positions at Oracle, Netscape and VMware...
You might have missed the news in the never-ending blizzard of Trump-related stories, but digital politics now has a role in the investigation about possible ties between his campaign and the Russian government. Specifically, members of the now...