Howdy folks, the lastest Campaigns & Elections TechBytes column is out, and it’s all about the 2012 elections. Written just after Election Day, it focuses on a few of the tech tools that actually mattered in 2012, starting with social...
Also published on HuffingtonPost One major conclusion after sitting in session after session on the Obama campaign at RootsCamp 2012: at least as far as most of his digital campaign is concerned, the technology was a clear evolution from 2008, but...
Fan fave Quick Hits returns, this time rounding up some of the best post-election analysis of the digital campaign. Note the great coverage from Slate.com in particular, but there’s plenty of excellent reading below. A Vast Left-Wing...
Taegan Goddard links to an Obama memo laying out the campaign’s case for the power of his grassroots field operation to turn out the vote: “This morning, as our volunteer Neighborhood Team Leaders opened 5,117 get-out-the-vote (GOTV)...
Here’s a quick example of how NOT to do GOTV — a Republican political “operative” (a word that always amuses me) has been flooding swing-state voters’ phones with spam texts detailing how horrible Barack Obama is...
For 2012 Presidential Debates, Campaigns Speed Up The Spin. For good reason: Risk of gaffes heightened in age of Twitter. Post-Debate, Obama Attacks Swiftly on Twitter, Jabs Romney on Swing Sites. C.f. Debate online rapid response in action...
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Quick note: friend-of-e.politics (and crack digital advertising reporter) Kate Kaye — of ClickZ fame — will be talking with Karen Jagoda on Digital Politics radio this afternoon. Tune in live at 3 pm Eastern, or check out the archived...
Quick Hits returns! Twitter Deputizes Millions of Pundits During Political Conventions. C.f. Postcards From the Parallel Universe in Real Time and Obama’s DNC speech sets new political record on Twitter. Google searches for “register to...
Guest article! In the piece below, Beekeeper Group’s Justin Kutner looks at social photo site Instagram as it’s playing out in the 2012 elections. Note that Beekeeper’s Shana Glickfield and Henri Makembe have appeared in our august...