Happy 4th! When Quick Hits returns from a long vacation, you KNOW it’s a day to celebrate.
- Jon Ossoff, The Congressional Candidate Social Media Built. C.f. How the Democrats’ Online Strategy Went Haywire. On Ossoff and emails, via Shaun Dakin.
- Inside Cory Booker’s social media strategy. Includes back story on the epic Capitol steps live-stream.
- Republican senators hit by calls from voters worried about Obamacare repeal bill. One piece of a massive Dem/Progressive campaign — online and off — to mobilize the public. C.f. AFL-CIO Runs Ad, Social Media Campaigns Criticizing Senate Health Care Bill, but Senate Democrats aren’t relentlessly focused on health care on Twitter. Is that a mistake? Meanwhile, DSCC “Blitz” GOP Senators With “Brutal” Health Care Ads, including a big digital buy.
- Trump group’s Republican war over health care frustrates GOP. Note that attacks on Heller by Trump group started on teh socials.
- President Trump locks heads with news media in a social-media first.
- Donald Trump’s Michael Bay. A profile of campaign digital director Brad Parscale, via Shaun Dakin. C.f. Trump and Brexit used a new digital organizing tool to help achieve their surprise victories and How we won all three special elections.
- Democrats Need A New Advertising Strategy For 2018. C.f. What Will Democratic Campaigns Look Like In 2020? Hopefully, different than they look today..
- How the Trump-Russia Data Machine Games Google to Fool Americans. Sobering. C.f. Social media ‘bots’ from Russia distorting global politics: study.
- Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election.
- GOP Data Firm Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Nearly 200 Million American Voters. Oopsie!
- New study explains why Trump’s ‘Sad’ tweets are so effective.
- Labour won social media election, digital strategists say. Note the focus on reinforcing and turning out their base. C.f. Keyboard Politics: How party political websites changed the general election. Headline oversells the piece, but the analysis is good.
- A quick read of the National Party election social media guide. Nice find!
- How To Target The LGBTQ Vote.
- Trump administration begins vetting social media profiles for visa applicants.
- White House social media director reprimanded over political tweet. A minor matter of the Hatch Act.
- No, Donald Trump doesn’t have 110 million people following him on social media.
- Democrats to Clinton: The DNC’s data was fine — you just used it wrong. C.f. Hillary Clinton Joins the Battle over Democratic Data.
- 3 Ways To Reduce Digital Ad Waste. C.f. Thai Click-Fraud Farm Busted Using Wall of iPhones.
- Facebook to keep wraps on political ads data despite researchers’ demands.
- Trump succeeds where Obama failed – spawning a new wave of liberal activism.
- The Barriers Facing A New Poli-Tech Startup.
- New Incubator Aims To Boost Poli-Tech Entrepreneurs.
- Study: Online Attention Spans Have A Short Sweet Spot. Note: REALLY short.
- VR & 360 Video: What Campaigns Can Use Right Now.
- Why Advocacy Professionals Need To Embrace Change.
- More Scrutiny On Fundraisers? Some Practitioners Say It’s About Time. A crackdown on scam PACs?
- Porn, Nazis and sarcasm: How these 3 old rules basically explain the entire Internet.
- Trump’s bogus Time cover — the fake news that launched an army of memes. Note: “Russian bride of the year” is my personal fave.
- And finally: After the president’s tweet, I must withdraw my support for everything but his agenda..
– cpd