While Epolitics.com was well into its post-election hiatus in December, I awoke briefly from an editorial slumber to write in Campaigns & eletions about the strange year political data had in 2016. My definition of “data” was...
New Epolitics.com contributor Ben Kaplan is the founder and CEO of PR Hacker. Read more on his blog. Becoming The First Viral President: How Trump Won The Race To The White House When Donald Trump sent a thunderbolt to the Democratic and Republican...
Way back at the dawn of the Modern Age of Online Politics, I semi-predicted the rise of a candidate like Trump. Where? In a little article published on November 5th, 2008 and titled “How the Internet Put Barack Obama in the White House”...
How could Trump’s money hurt him? If his financial independence keeps him from creating the campaign he needs to win in places like Iowa: The imperative to raise money online forces campaigns to build infrastructure that has a strategic value...
Clearly concerned about slipping poll numbers in Iowa, Hillary Clinton’s campaign went after Bernie Sanders this week, attacking him over past gun-control votes and his health care proposals. Going negative always risks blowback, but when...
If you’re wondering why posting’s been sparse this past week, it’s because I was sequestered away, chained to a keyboard and systematically updating the “How to Use the Internet to Win in 2016” ebook. Good news! The new...
According to information from analytics firm DataPulse, Marco Rubio saw a big boost in website traffic during and after last night’s Republican debate: Assuming that some percentage of the new site visitors join his email list or even make a...
So, after months of public indecision and sustained media frenzy, Joe Biden is not running for president after all. Why did he decide to stay out of the 2016 ring? Some may say that it’s because of Hillary Clinton’s strong performance in...
Update: Digital politics veteran Stan Olshefski checks to note that HE”S getting Bush campaign emails. Thanks, Stan! Crowdsourcing at its finest. Next question: why isn’t Shaun getting the messages? Database glitch? Deliverability...
Breaking news: Wellstone Action will take over the role of the New Organizing Institute. More on this development as we learn the implications, but at least Rootscamp will happen in time to help train people for the 2016 election cycle. I’m...