Wednesday, 28 April 2021
The 2020 census changes the US House of Representatives.
NY, PA, OH, WV,IL and CA will lose a seat.
NC, FL, OR, MT, CO will gain 1 seat and TX will gain 2 seats.
This will impact the 2022 elections.
Hot Political News
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
In January 2017, when President Trump took office, there were 241 Republicans in the House. Since then, 115 (48%) have either retired, resigned, been defeated or are retiring in 2020. (Cook Political Report).
Five incumbents ousted in Primaries this year: Rep. Dan Lipinski(D-IL), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO).
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Election to watch - NY 16th District held by Eliot Engel who has been in Congress since 1989. He is endorsed by Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton the Congressional Black Caucus, Planned Parenthood and many unions. His challenger is Jamaal Bowman, founding principal of a Bronx middle school, and endorsed by Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Socialists of America and Move On.
Monday, 22 June 2020
2020 Presidential Ratings (Electoral Votes from Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales)>
Toss-up: 66 electoral votes including AZ (11), FL (29), NE 2nd (1), NC (15), WI (10).
Tilt Democratic: 36 electoral votes: MI (16), PA (20). Tilt Republican: 1 electoral vote: ME 2nd (1).
Lean Democratic: 14 electoral votes: MN (10), NH (4). Lean Republican: 22 electoral votes: GA (16), IA (6).
Likely Democratic: 8 electoral votes: ME At-Large (2), NV (6). Likely Republican: 56 electoral votes: OH (18), TX (38).
Solid Democratic: 210 electoral votes. Solid Republican: 125 votes.Wednesday, 10 June 2020
RealClearPolitics Battleground States -
Florida – Biden: 48.2 Trump: 44.8;
Pennsylvania: Biden: 48.3 Trump: 45.0;
Wisconsin: Biden: 46.4, Trump: 43.0;
North Carolina: Biden: 45.5, Trump: 45.8;
Arizona: Biden: 46.7, Trump: 43.3Tuesday, 09 June 2020
RealClearPolitics Poll Averages
Election 2020: National Average: Biden: 49.9 Trump 42.1
Betting Odds: Biden: 49.8
Trump 45.6
Electoral College: Biden 183
Trump 125Saturday, 06 June 2020
Former VP Joe Biden has secured 1993 delegates, giving him the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic convention. He needed 1,991 delegates to lock up the nomination.
Tuesday, 02 June 2020
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Wednesday, 28 April 2021
The 2020 census changes the US House of Representatives.
NY, PA, OH, WV,IL and CA will lose a seat.
NC, FL, OR, MT, CO will gain 1 seat and TX will gain 2 seats.
This will impact the 2022 elections.Tuesday, 30 June 2020
In January 2017, when President Trump took office, there were 241 Republicans in the House. Since then, 115 (48%) have either retired, resigned, been defeated or are retiring in 2020. (Cook Political Report).
Five incumbents ousted in Primaries this year: Rep. Dan Lipinski(D-IL), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO).
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Election to watch - NY 16th District held by Eliot Engel who has been in Congress since 1989. He is endorsed by Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton the Congressional Black Caucus, Planned Parenthood and many unions. His challenger is Jamaal Bowman, founding principal of a Bronx middle school, and endorsed by Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Socialists of America and Move On.
Monday, 22 June 2020
2020 Presidential Ratings (Electoral Votes from Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales)>
Toss-up: 66 electoral votes including AZ (11), FL (29), NE 2nd (1), NC (15), WI (10).
Tilt Democratic: 36 electoral votes: MI (16), PA (20). Tilt Republican: 1 electoral vote: ME 2nd (1).
Lean Democratic: 14 electoral votes: MN (10), NH (4). Lean Republican: 22 electoral votes: GA (16), IA (6).
Likely Democratic: 8 electoral votes: ME At-Large (2), NV (6). Likely Republican: 56 electoral votes: OH (18), TX (38).
Solid Democratic: 210 electoral votes. Solid Republican: 125 votes.Wednesday, 10 June 2020
RealClearPolitics Battleground States -
Florida – Biden: 48.2 Trump: 44.8;
Pennsylvania: Biden: 48.3 Trump: 45.0;
Wisconsin: Biden: 46.4, Trump: 43.0;
North Carolina: Biden: 45.5, Trump: 45.8;
Arizona: Biden: 46.7, Trump: 43.3Tuesday, 09 June 2020
RealClearPolitics Poll Averages
Election 2020: National Average: Biden: 49.9 Trump 42.1
Betting Odds: Biden: 49.8
Trump 45.6
Electoral College: Biden 183
Trump 125Saturday, 06 June 2020
Former VP Joe Biden has secured 1993 delegates, giving him the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic convention. He needed 1,991 delegates to lock up the nomination.
Tuesday, 02 June 2020
NC Dem. Governor Roy Cooper - rejected the GOP plans for a full Republican convention in August. President Trump and the RNC want a 50,000-person event.
CAMPAIGN HOW TO ARTICLE
7 ways to talk to voters (when you can’t talk to voters)
Crag Turner, The Campaign Coach
With the exceptions of the Amazons in the world, over the past year almost every brand that exists has had to develop new ways to communicate with their customers in order to stay in business. Without the normal kinds of in-person experiences,
Read MoreThe Single Political Marketing Campaign You Need Win Your Election
by Jessica Lalau; PostCardMania
Whether you’re a first-time candidate or looking to unseat an incumbent, to generate the winning number of votes, you need to reach your constituents with your message consistently.
And how do you do that without draining your marketing budget?A CAMPAIGN’S GOTV GUIDE FOR GETTING THE YOUTH TO VOTE
By: Lakshmi Narayanan
The older generation always outperforms the younger generation at the polls. In the 2016 U.S. elections, the elders contributed to 49% of the votes, while being only 43% of the population...
Read More...How To Build Credibility & Win Your Election In A Fake News Universe
By Jessica Lalua
It's true — the Internet has changed just about every facet of daily American life. That includes politics and our elections. (For better or worse.)
But here's the good news:
Not all of the fundamentals have changed.
Politics remains first and foremost local.
Campaigns are about people. About connection. About making yourself known to potential voters and inspiring them to check yes next to your name. Read More...4 Election-Winning Postcard Campaigns You Can Copy
By Joy Gendusa
Campaign season is ramping up, and that means it’s high time I explored some of the political successes PostcardMania has experienced. There are a lot of political marketing strategies out there that can help you win, but this article will focus on using direct mail to get your message out. Read More...4 Cutting-Edge Ways To Conduct Political Polls And Surveys
By Tony K, CallHub.io
If the 2016 presidential election polling taught us all anything, it was the need for precise polling and survey methods. Poll after poll concluded that Donald J. Trump had no pathway to victory...
Read MoreHow to Brand your Campaign on Day 1
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If you’re running for office in a larger media market, it will be much more difficult to get your name in the news. The competition for news stories is competitive and if you don’t have a strong editorial angleREAD MORE...
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How to Beat the Pro-Trump Candidate
By Mark Macias,
Macias PR
You can always spot the pro-Trump candidate from a precinct away. He or she is typically the politician who wants to throw fireballs at the local rally held at the gas station. TheseHow to Choose Design Colors for a Political Lawn Sign
by Sheila Maas, Political Lawn Signs
Henry Ford said you can have any color Model T as long as it is black. Awhile back a survey by the University of Florida claimed that a yellow background with black lettering was the best color combination for a signTips for Hiring an Effective Political Campaign Telemarketing Company
by Doug Kaplan, Gravis Marketing
Tip #1 – Create a Marketing Plan of Potential Targets
There are several different types of telemarketing agencies across the globe. From direct sales associates that use robocalls or overseas agents,Why The Best Data In The World Won’t Win You An Election
By Justin Gargiulo, Founder of VoterTrove
To extract the most value, campaigns will have to move beyond the idea of data as a solution.
Nowadays we talk about data as a solution to the problem of winning elections. It isn’t. Data is an object, not a technology, and objects by themselves do not solve complex problems. Technology does.Why Direct Mail About Politics Still Influences
By Elena Neely
Let’s say you’re a candidate for elective office, whether local, state or federal, during this political cycle. Suppose, further, that in your quest for public service, you plan to target the much-coveted demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds known as Millennials. (added 9/13/2016)
Winning Political Elections with Postcards
3 Simple Steps to Success and a New Job (or another stint in your current one!)
By Joy Gendusa
You call it “campaigning.” I call it “marketing.” Either way, we’re talking about the same thing: getting the word out and generating real-life results. In your case, those results are votes, and you don’t have the luxury of a long-term
Read More...Myth Information: Why Newspapers are more important than ever
John Kimball john@johnkimballgroup.com
If you think in this age of “new media” that newspapers are not important to winning elections … think again. Today, no medium hashas a higher correlation with voters than newspapers. In fact, newspapers provide much of the “news” content on the internet
Read More...The key to victory: Dogs
By Joe Curran www.filpac.com
Think we're kidding? A couple of years ago we decided to predict the election results by surveying the dogs that we noticed sniffing under the tables at our customers' campaign headquarters. (Well, OK. We soon discovered the dogs couldn't
Read More...
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