Category Archives: Video

VIDEO: Ronald Reagan & John Wayne Talk GOTV (Get Out the Vote)

Whether you are a die-hard Republican, a true-blue Democrat, or anywhere in between, you will still probably find this video of John Wayne and then candidate-for-Governor Ronald Reagan pretty neat.Continue Reading

5 Halloween Themed Campaign Videos

Happy Halloween! Halloween is often just a few days before the election, so many candidates either arrange Halloween fundraisers that resemble nothing like Halloween, or are too busy out walking door to door or attending events to really do anything with it. These five candidates take Halloween and infuse it into their campaign videos, fromContinue Reading

VIDEO: 5 Local Candidates with Campaign Theme Songs

Remember in 2008 when Will.i.am made the music video for Obama’s campaign, “Yes We Can“, and even some conservatives were secretly jealous? What if you tried to put the same principle to your local campaign for Congress, State Legislature, Judge?  Could it capture the essence of your position on eminent domain, or how about gettingContinue Reading

VIDEO: Senate Candidate Helps Citizens With Tug-o-War, Also 3-Legged Race

We usually try to keep it “local” when talking about campaigns and campaigning, but this new ad for New Mexico Senate candidate Martin Heinrich was too good to pass along. Getting on the side of the little guy against the fat cats, and also demonstrating amazing balancing-an-egg-on-a-spoon skills on behalf of the middle class.Continue Reading

VIDEO: For Your Consideration – the Best Candidate Name of 2012

Dakota Wood. Running for Congress in Oklahoma’s 2nd District.  See the video below, and you’ll even see how a name shapes a human’s life, as you get the feeling he’s about to transform into an eagle and soar across the sky. Have you encountered any other great candidate names this election season? Leave them inContinue Reading

Texas Has Produced Some of the Wackiest Campaign Videos of ’12: Here’s 6 of Them

Today is Primary Day in Texas, and as the saying goes, everything is “bigger in Texas”, even their ability to produce weird, zany, wacky, and eyebrow raising political ads. The political ads so far in the U.S. have been sort of humdrum, so thank God for the candidates in Texas for picking up the slackContinue Reading

VIDEO FOLLOW-UP: Where We Test Cat Photos vs. Random Stock Photos

Yesterday, we posted the campaign ad of candidate Dan Chavez, who is running for State Senate in Texas.  In it, the candidate pauses to emphasize his points with stock photos and clipart that seemed to come from a casual Google image search. We questioned the impact of the stock photos, and therefore, put them toContinue Reading

VIDEO: Elect Free Stock Photos for Texas State Senate

Check out the campaign video below from Texas State Senate candidate Dan Chavez.  Not only is it funny when it’s not supposed to be, but it’s also like one of those jokes that’s funny at first, then drags on, but is only funny again because the “joke” keeps going on for so long. Therefore, youContinue Reading

VIDEO: Candidate Shows Candid Side with Semi-Strange Piano Playing

In our list at the end of 2011 of Top 10 Wackiest Campaign Videos, #9 was Dianne Blais for Virginia Delegate in her piano playing campaign theme song video.  (See below also for that video.) While Blais’s was wacky yet somehow endearing, the video below somehow strange without being wacky, nor endearing. We think anContinue Reading

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