Category: Political Strategies

A broad spectrum of political campaign strategies at your fingertips. From fundraising to social media, these articles cover essential tactics to strengthen your campaign.



Special Elections and Voter Turnout

Often the election of a local candidate is decided by just a handful of votes. Low voter turnout tends to occur for special elections or primary elections. Because of this, the winner often is the candidate who can motivate the most voters. Offline,... Read More

6 Political Microsite Ideas

Although we discuss political microsites in our training modules, we’re going to go into a little more depth about campaign microsites, how you can benefit from them, and a few reasons why you may want to use them. Just by way of recap, the term... Read More

3 Dirty Tricks Political Candidates Pull Online

Here are three tactics that candidates sometimes to gain an online advantage over an opponent. These are three of favorite dirty tricks, but only one of these is really ‘dirty’, though. Guess which one! Stealing a domain name. This can be... Read More

Political Campaign Strategies That Stink

It’s something most voters claim to hate, but negative campaigning and mudslinging seems to rule American politics – from national campaigns right down to local elections. Unfortunately, these negative political campaign strategies and... Read More

Never Turn Down a Campaign Volunteer

Political campaigns can attract all types of people, and you never know what somebody can bring to the table. If someone volunteers to help, never turn them down. If the person wants to do something that isn’t something you planned to do, try to... Read More

Fake Political Websites and Other Dirty Tricks

This post is several years old now, but the lessons are still relevant as primary and general election season heats up. Even as far back as 2007, decoy election websites were coming into play… Today, this bag of tricks now includes a collection... Read More