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New Website Seeks To Turn Regular Voters Into Major Fundraisers
A new website is seeking to bring ordinary voters greater power in supporting their favorite candidates, and hopefully turning them into fundraisers for those candidates. VotersAct.com is a website for candidates to explain their positions, accept donations, and engage grassroots support. Supporters can create fundraising pages to explain their vote, solicit money for campaigns, and share… Continue Reading
Campaigning Through the Holidays
Lazy candidates, (and usually losers), find excuses to take time off from campaigning. A one or two week long vacation in the middle of campaign season? Sadly, it happens more often than you want to know. We came across this article from the Daily Breeze in the South Bay of Southern California, where there is… Continue Reading
The Campaign Intern Asks: “How Do You Know if a Campaign Volunteer is a Spy?”
“The Campaign Intern Asks…” is a new feature we are trying out where political campaign interns or volunteers are encouraged to submit questions to us at contact@walksheet.com, and we will ask a political professional to answer. This week, our question comes from Edward Miranda, Walksheet’s Junior Editor and a former intern for the Republican Party… Continue Reading
Recalls Explode Nationally in 2011
It’s not just Wisconsin that has gotten recall fever this year; it seems like the country has been upset enough to see a huge increase in recall elections. From the Topeka Capitol-Journal: In the country’s history, only 32 state legislators have faced a recall election. Eleven of those happened just this year, according to the… Continue Reading
Interview: Conservative Political Admaker Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
Ladd Ehlinger Jr. has worn many hats in his varied career – writer, director, producer, editor, cinematographer, 3D animator, blogger, programmer, weapon systems designer, even radio talk show host. He’s also created some of the most recognizable political ads of the 2010 Tea Party wave that was responsible for Republicans taking back the House. His… Continue Reading
9 Websites For Getting More Involved in Politics & Campaigns
Hudson Baird is the Co-Founder of VotersAct.com. He studied Public Policy and Financial Economics at Vanderbilt University. He recently worked in Guatemala for a small NGO overseeing their social media and online fundraising. Now with VotersAct fulltime, he brings a familiarity with online donation platforms and peer-to-peer advocacy. One of the exciting things about the… Continue Reading
Saddest Local Campaign News Headline – Ever
This is one of the saddest headlines, if not the saddest headline, of a local Council race story: You can click here for the rest of the story from KCCI 8 in Des Moines, but even after reading the story, we can’t tell which happened in what order. Did the candidate get hit by a… Continue Reading
“It’s About the Data, Stupid” – What Mobile Apps Can Do For Campaigns in 2012
Cami Zimmer is President of CampaignTouch, a mobile and digital strategy agency providing consulting, mobile app/SMS development services and online media buys. Zimmer started her career at the White House, and has spent the last seven years as an entrepreneur, focusing on project development, sales/marketing, management and business development. 2012 is not 2008. 2000 – All… Continue Reading