Hi folks, with Epolitics.com well into its ninth(!) year of publishing, we’ve seen more changes in digital politics and advocacy in these pages than I can even remember. So let’s start reliving The Way Things Were in the Old Days in true...
On Giving Tuesday, let’s look back at Allyson Goldsmith’s guide to planning year-end fundraising for an advocacy group or nonprofit…first published back in August. Procrastinators, You still have time! I just got brought in to...
Check out the last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the several hundred progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. Of note this week: Black Friday pushback, love for the troops and one chillin’ bird. A...
The 2014 elections are behind us, but the post-mortems are still flowing fast. The latest edition of “Technology Bytes” got a jump on the competition, though, with a pre-mortem (I filed the column late in October) look at the two key...
For Democrats, Turnout Efforts Look Successful (Though Not Elections). State-by-state comparison shows the results, but Dems still lost. C.f. DCCC Touts Historic Fundraising, Advertising. Only problem: that whole “winning” thing. How Big...
Follow regular Epolitics.com contributor Allyson Goldsmith on Twitter at @allyson8765. I hear the same advice at practically every digital strategy conference and event I attend — test everything. In principle I agree with this advice, but...
A few weeks ago I asked if the 2014 elections would expose the limits of political campaigning, and guess what: they did. Democrats busted their butts on the ground this year, and unlike 2010, they didn’t lose for lack of trying. Even before...
Great advice from regular Epolitics.com contributor Laura Packard. This post first appeared on the PowerThru Consulting blog. Election Day is less than a week away (although with runoffs, who knows!). Say you still have some funds, but hardly any...
2008 canvassing image courtesy Wikipedia. This just in: NGP VAN reports that Democrats have made 54% more individual voter contacts in 2014 than at this point in 2010, the last comparable mid-term election. Dems are counting on these phone calls and...
New contributor but longtime friend-of-Epolitics Luis E. Hestres, PhD., is an assistant professor of communication at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has worked as a digital strategist for several progressive nonprofits, including...