Great new feature coming to Connect, the Lib Dem campaign database
Hooray. A new sidebar menu is coming to the Connect database used by Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Read about the Liberal Democrat election database Connect, including eight things every Lib Dem activist should know about Connect.
This database holds the party’s records about voters, such as canvass data gathered on the doorstep and email addresses given in response to online campaigning. It was introduced after the 2010 general election to replace EARS.
The Connect database system is based on the NGPVAN system used by the Democrats in the USA, including during Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 winning Presidential election campaigns. This system is also used by the Canadian Liberals.
Hooray. A new sidebar menu is coming to the Connect database used by Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
You don’t have to be in the Liberal Democrats long to encounter a wall of jargon so here is a glossary to help guide you through it. … Read the full post »
Gone are the days of volunteers standing on doorsteps with a clipboards and voters’ lists, ticking off likely supporters. … Read the full post »
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NGPVAN, the suppliers of the Liberal Democrat Connect database system, are rolling out a major new version. … Read the full post »
The Conservatives will unveil Votesource, a replacement for the troubled Merlin voter contact database which CCHQ has developed in-house. … Read the full post »
Sometimes it isn’t just what candidates in an election are saying that is revealing, it’s also what the candidates aren’t saying. Which makes it notable that none of the five people at some point in the race to succeed Tim Farron as Liberal Democrat President… … Read the full post »
The previous Liberal Democrat electoral database software, EARS, has now been nearly completely replaced by Connect. But the Greens are now using EARS 0 and having problems. … Read the full post »
Sorting out the future of the Lib Dems isn’t simply about leadership or overall popularity: the combination of Charles Kennedy, polling ratings up to treble the party’s current level and the Iraq war didn’t result in a boost in the party’s membership. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats are switching to Salesforce for the party’s membership records. … Read the full post »