President Barack Obama put on his campaign hat Wednesday to personally insert himself into the Massachusetts Senate special election—a key race for both parties as they seek to lay claim to the traditionally Democratic-leaning state. Obama spoke at an event in Roxbury Crossing, Mass., for Democratic Rep. Ed Markey, who is running June 25 to [...]
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Infographic: Most Buzzed-About Kickstarter Campaigns
Last week, the popular crowdfunding website Kickstarter announced the launch of its 100,000th campaign, having collectively raised a total of $ 631 million in its three years in operation. The Onion Tweet This Post
Dems’ Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Tweet This Post
Internal wrangling marks Dems’ Senate campaigns
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Tweet This Post
Internal wrangling marks Dems’ Senate campaigns
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Tweet This Post
Polls hint that campaigns against foes of background checks could have an impact with voters
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In Wake Of Explosions, Mass. Candidates Suspend Campaigns; Gang Of 8 To Release Immigration Proposal
Click hereto read online and see our archives.WHAT’S NEWSThree people were killed Monday after “two bomb blasts, 12 seconds apart, rocked the finish line” of the Boston Marathon (Boston Globe). Pres. Obama “said he ordered the ‘full resources’ of the federal government” to respond. Obama: “Make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of [...]
Stuart Stevens, Romney Campaign Adviser: ‘Campaigns Are About Actions, Not Feelings’
This week we asked Mitt Romney 2012 campaign senior adviser Stuart Stevens to answer five questions about the recent presidential campaign, Twitter and what lies ahead for him. 1) Regarding this past presidential election, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wrote that you are “indifferent to the… Tweet This Post
Unions flexed muscles in state campaigns
From California to Maine, unions used their political muscle in the recent elections to help install Democratic governors, build labor-friendly majorities in state legislatures and defeat ballot initiatives against them. Tweet This Post
Do Campaigns Really Matter?
Pacific Standard: “We all know that most voters decide who to vote for well before the campaigns begin. In political science research, this is called the ‘minimal effects’ thesis. Basically the vast majority of the voters vote how we would expect them to long before the election. The first study to investigate this phenomenon focused [...]
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