Archive for LDVUSA
Wealth Inequality in America
Whether your interest is America, economics or clever presentation of data, this video is well worth a watch.
Sometimes to win an argument, you need to adopt your opponent’s point of view
Framing, that is the way in which a choice is presented, is often key to winning political (and indeed non-political) debates. Consider the following two statements...
Thirty years of American politics satirised in three minutes
Great fun:
* Mark Pack has written 101 Ways To Win An Election and produces a monthly newsletter about the Liberal Democrats.
One of the worst ever answers in a US political TV debate
I’ve been finishing up the latest draft of my forthcoming book on political campaigning, co-written with Ed Maxfield. In it we talk about Michael Dukakis’s 1988 blunder: When he was nominated Dukakis enjoyed a big lead in the polls yet he ending up losing badly. The campaign struggled on a number of fronts but one [...]
Nasty negative ad as political race turns sour
First there was the positive ad: Now there’s this: Give the target of that nasty ad a hand: sign up on Facebook. You can also watch the rebuttal: Hat-tip: Thanks to Andreas Kierig for alerting me to the first of these adverts I saw. * Mark Pack is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and writes [...]
Learning lessons from the US elections: four legal differences you need to know
Many of the differences between American and British election campaigns are not the result of American campaigners having good ideas the British should copy, but rather are the result of four key legal differences between the two countries.
You know what we’re doing wrong? We’ve not introduced tax breaks for wooden arrows
What do we want? Section 503.
When do we want it? Now.
Oh, you want to know what Section 503 is? Read here.
Even left-wing politicians will be hoping Newt Gingrich turns out to be a role model
Newt Gingrich, a right-winger whose bid to become US President looks to be crashing and burning after many of his senior staff walked out on his campaign, is not an obvious role model for British politicians, especially those not on the right. But at heart quite a few all across the political spectrum would, I [...]
