Sometimes digital politics practitioners are so close to the brushstrokes that we can miss the sweep of the full painting. What are the trends shaping our field? Let’s look at four of the big ones below, with five more in the next installment...
Some Friday fun for you: a few days ago, a McAfee security scan app flagged a link I’d recently clicked. Who owned the site that posed a danger? Newt Gingrich: I’ve been on Newt’s list since he ran for President in 2012, and...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts from the current Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, using data from our friends at CrowdTangle. Remember, these are posts that have seen significantly more engagement...
Top photo: George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis. By via Wikipedia. Despite a pandemic, Americans gathered in vast numbers over the past few weeks to protest the deaths of George Floyd and other people of color at the hands of police. Without social...
Note: books are good for you. June 22nd may be a little early for fireworks, but it’s a great day for a celebration. The new 2020 edition of “How to Use the Internet to Change the World – and Win Elections” is ready to take...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts from the current Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, using data from our friends at CrowdTangle. Remember, these are posts that have seen significantly more engagement...
News came late last week that Joe Biden would in fact rely on an in-house digital team rather than outsourcing his online outreach to Mike Bloomberg’s Hawkfish campaign startup. Many in the field thought that hiring a firm with little...
Facebook just announced that it will start allowing users to opt out of political advertising, though it hasn’t yet said when or how. Will this decision cripple digital campaigning in a presidential election year? First question: how many...
Double-bonus edition! Why the delay? Look for a big announcement shortly. Check out the last two weeks’ top 10 over-performing Facebook posts from the current Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, using data from our friends at...
The official White House twitter account has already posted a campaign-style video of Donald Trump’s Bible-toting photo opportunity last night: pic.twitter.com/bKvTrqHomS — The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 2, 2020 To create this...