Our friends at the Pew Internet and American Life have put together a handy new infographic that covers much of their recent data on how we’re using digital technology in politics. What percentage of Twitter users are liberal? The answer might...
Just in time for election day, NGPVAN has put out a new mobile tool that helps campaigns target voters who haven’t yet turned out. The cool part? The “Mobile Pollwatcher” integrates with the VAN voter database so that ALL...
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...
New guest author! Check out Kate Kamber’s excellent overview of campaign mobile apps and the power of cell phones to help Get Out The Vote below. Also, be sure to look at Justin Justin Kutner’s past piece on social media photography on...
Hint: most often, it’s not by cell phone. M&R Strategic Services updated their mobile benchmarks report today, and the results are interesting in a couple of areas. First, the rate of growth of nonprofit mobile acquisition has slowed...
The Federal Election Commission decided yesterday to go ahead and allow campaigns to raise money via text message. The final sticking point? The phone companies won’t have to verify that people who give money are actually legally eligible to...
Politico had a short piece yesterday (via PoliticalWire) about Obama 2012’s new foray into mobile fundraising: The Obama reelection campaign is providing headquarters staff, field organizers and volunteers the ability to take campaign...
New guest article, new guest author! Beth Becker’s first piece for Epolitics.com reviews a mobile CRM tool with implications for elected officials and campaigns alike. Look for more from Beth to come, and also check her out on Twitter and at...
Also published on The Huffington Post For more on social media and the Arab Spring, see the book “Distant Witness,” by Andy Carvin. Did Twitter and Facebook “cause” the Tunisian Revolution and the protests in Egypt? Not...
If you are an Iranian in Tehran, you might have received a text message recently similar to this one: “Dear citizen, you have been tricked by the foreign media and you are working on their behalf,” the message read. “If you do this...