Author: adrielhampton
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Meeting Constituents’ Real Needs Means Innovating Constituent Tech
I’m thinking about technology, political culture, and constituent accessibility. What often appears to be a problem of political culture (staff blowing off certain constituents, young hotshot staffers not being able to relate to the challenges of elderly constituents, that kind of thing) might actually be a problem of technology (not having the right tools to…
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Is Antitrust Law Appropriate to Regulate Google and Facebook?
Recently Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, publicly criticized Google and Amazon for their ruthlessness and size, actually and provocatively citing past government breakups of big private utilities like Standard Oil. If you’re surprised that someone in Trump’s DOJ would poke big business and invoke the…
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Who is Mike Gravel?
Adriel has been volunteering with the Mike Gravel 2020 campaign as it seeks to qualify this anti-war candidate for the Democratic Primary Election debates. This is a guest post from Duncan Gammie. Mike Gravel is running for President and needs your help. But who is he? Gravel, the 88 year old former Senator from Alaska made…
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Seniors See Expanded Benefits Under Bernie Sanders Medicare for All Plan
Sanders’ Medicare for All plan will greatly benefit seniors. Let’s look at how information companies are promoting falsehoods about Medicare for All. And how we can fight it.
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A Deeper Look at Segmentation
The main takeaway from a discussion of segmenting is to stop sending the same emails to everyone. But there’s another important takeaway for those doing digital political campaigns: people are not all the same, everybody brings unique and important perspectives into your campaign, and acknowledging that goes a long way towards getting supporters to help…
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Budgeting Your Digital Field Program
Use a simple calculator to estimate voter ID costs and frequency per contact method to help you determine where to deploy volunteers and how much you’ll need to spend to reach your goals.
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Growing a Congressional Campaign Email List: Append vs. Acquire
One of the biggest challenges in running a Congressional race is keeping up the required fundraising pace. Email fundraising can help take some of the pressure off the candidate, but how to grow your list? After starting with friends and family, it basically comes down to append vs. acquire. Here’s why I think a good…
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Winning from the Ground Up
The new CTO of the DNC has already notched up a big win in Virgina, where the Democrats and aligned “WinVA” poured staff and new distributed field tools into the House of Delegates race, winning net +15 seats (three seats are still too close to call – in the balance are control of the Legislature…
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Sailing the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands
The first time I came out to Puget Sound was in my mid 20s. I was interviewing for a reporter position with the Tacoma News-Tribune. I marveled at the size of Mt. Rainier looming over the Sound. My hotel had a wooden deck that allowed me to walk out and look at the big moon…
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