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.
Nathaniel Pearlman, the founder of NGP Software (which now, in the merged guise of NGPVAN is the main electoral database supplier to the UK’s Liberal Democrats), has assembled an impressive cast of American contributors for Margin of Victory: How Technologists Help Politicians Win Elections. … Read the full post »
NGPVAN, long a provider of political data-management/manipulation tools, has bought NationalField, which builds tools for managing field staff and volunteers. … Read the full post »
It was supposed to be a “killer app,” but a system deployed to volunteers by Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign may have done more harm to Romney’s chances on Election Day – largely because of a failure to follow basic best practices for IT projects. … Read the full post »
Sign the “Fix Parliament” petition on Facebook and look carefully at foot of the page. You will see that it is the online petition system provided by the same software firm that supplies the Lib Dem electoral database package. … Read the full post »
One of the big talking points amongst party activists at the Birmingham conference was CONNECT, the party’s new electoral database software which was put through many demonstrations to different groups of future users – data officers, treasurers, campaign organisers and so on. … Read the full post »
A great new benefit is on the way for members of ALDC, the Liberal Democrat body for councillors and campaigners – access to the CONNECT database’s casework system. … Read the full post »
Mark Sullivan founded the firm that is supplying the new CONNECT electoral database software to the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
CONNECT is the new Liberal Democrat electoral database software. … Read the full post »
During the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham, I had the chance to quiz Mark Sullivan of NGPVAN, suppliers of the Lib Dem CONNECT database. … Read the full post »
Chris Fox, Liberal Democrat Chief Executive, has been central to four major decisions in the last few months. How will members rate this performance? … Read the full post »