Did you notice a little something extra at this year’s political conventions? I’ll give you a hint: some new players were involved, and they weren’t on the stage. Or rather, they weren’t on the stage in the room, but they...
Brexit! In our latest sign of populist political dissatisfaction, the British chose last night to leave the European Union. Voters in declining industrial cities left behind by the global economy provided the decisive margin, which ought to give...
Great observation from Mark Hmmer, via The Daily 202: The genius of the Trump Clinton Twitter war of 2016 is that it consumes Trump's every waking minute & Clinton doesn't know it's happening. — Mark Hammer (@markhammer1987)...
As reported in Gizmodo yesterday: Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending†news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project...
With a potential Trump nomination making Democrats dream of taking back the Senate and even the House, let’s revisit a bit of wisdom first published on Epolitics.com way back in 2009. This lesson is even MORE important seven years later, since...
We’ll have Super Tuesday follow-up soon, but first, regular Epolitics.com contributor and digital strategist Laura Packard (of PowerThru Consulting) guides us through important digital lessons we can learn from this year’s Reed Award...
John Wagner reports in the Post today that the Sanders campaign has already raised $36 million in February, almost all online. More, Bernie’s people are aiming to finish the month at $40 million, an amazing total that would almost certainly...
Donald Trump may have backed down somewhat in his public spat with Pope Francis over walls and bridges, but let’s note a digital angle in all of this. As Reid Wilson pointed out on the Diane Rehm show this morning, the two infallible...
It’s caucus day! On the Right, will Trump’s voters show up, or will they just fume on the couch? Will Cruz’s investment in data help him get the votes he needs? On the Left, will Bernie’s followers’ passion rule, or...
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”...