The anatomy of a political campaign ad
An excellent dissection of political campaign ads work, starting with some lessons from Alfred Hitchcock. … Read the full post »
Read about the 2016 US Presidential Election in which Donald Trump (Republican) beat Hillary Clinton (Democrat) despite winning fewer votes.
An excellent dissection of political campaign ads work, starting with some lessons from Alfred Hitchcock. … Read the full post »
Michael Ashcroft’s latest collection of focus groups and polling around a specific election, Hopes and Fears: Trump, Clinton, the voters and the future looks at the 2016 US Presidential election . … Read the full post »
The sloppy (and regrettably dominant) media coverage of Cambridge Analytica has been of the form “it worked for Trump, it worked for Brexit so their clever big data targeting is powerful”. … Read the full post »
Courtesy of the kind folk at Merton Liberal Democrats, where I went to talk last night about the need for a strong liberal voice in British politics and how the Liberal Democrats can rebuild. … Read the full post »
There will be more and better analysis as the evidence gets digested, but here are three initial thoughts on lessons from Donald Trump’s surprise victory. … Read the full post »
When commenting before about the successful use of Reddit by the Bernie Sanders campaign, I highlighted how much moderation of the community by volunteer moderates was central to its success. … Read the full post »
Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump, deleted a tweeted picture of his ballot this morning after Electionland pointed out that ballot pictures are illegal in the state of New York … Read the full post »
Well, that was money well spent on lawyers by the Donald Trump Presidential campaign in Nevada. … Read the full post »
New research covered by the New York Times shows that presenting people with the truth about a politician’s false claims works, even amongst people who support that politician. … Read the full post »
Often the most challenging election campaigns are ones where you and your supporters find the appeal of the opposition’s candidate or the force of their arguments so outrageously risible that they fall back into anger and derision rather than understanding how to counter their appeal. … Read the full post »