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FEC Reporting Made Easy (or at least easier), Part II
Benjamin A. Katz
While good campaign management software can make it easier to file FEC reports (see
A few simple checks will help keep you out of trouble and avoid the need to file amendments of FEC reports.
Respond Quickly and Raise More Money
Alex Gorman
Let's say your opponent is bringing a big shot in from out of town. It's a last minute event, a rally designed to drum up support and raise money. He's a big figure with your opponent's base, but he's also a polarizing figure in your district.
If your campaign has the right tools in place, you can use this.
You don't have much time, the event in a couple days. You need to rally your own supporters and get them motivated to protest the event. Email is a great way to get
Ol’ Dogs of Politics Versus New Technology
Art Murray
In today’s world, technology has soared so that those who are technologically current have a decisive advantage over those who are not. You may consider this to be sad, but make no mistake about its truth. It’s a new political landscape out there and the tools of the modern campaign are changing with each and every new election cycle
The truism for the 21st Century may well be “the candidate having the best campaign plan, the money to implement it, and the most current technology, will win every election.”
In other words, waging the battle of a c
Online Politics is Also Local
Benjamin A. Katz
Cheryl Katz
The other 99% percent
Presidential candidates, most notably the Dean campaign in 2004 and McCain campaign in 2000, tend to dominate discussions of online campaigning. While Presidential campaigns are often using some of the most exciting technology, these discussions miss the vast majority of online campaigns – those on the Congressional, state and local levels.
Exempting Gubernatorial, Presidential and a few other highly publicized races, most campaigns do not benefit from the free media that drives donors, volunteers and voters to their websites.
For
Why Newspapers?
Tom Edmonds
Negative Campaigning
William S. Bike
Going negative is not a step to be taken lightly, although today more campaigns go negative more quickly than ever before.
Janice M. King, president of Janice King Communications, when discussing negative advertising in general, said that negative messages about competitors create FUD: fear, uncertainty, and doubt. You must consider seriously the implications of your candidate causing FUD and its resulting stresses on the political system.
Campaigns & Elections reported that Cathy