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Using Social Media in Your Campaign

Ten years ago, the hottest thing in political campaigns was the Internet.  Political consultants and candidates touted the promise of the Internet and e-mail in changing the face of campaigns.  As with most innovations, proponents of web-based campaigning oversold the medium, suggesting that, within a year or two, campaigns would raise most of their money, [...]

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How to Deal with Political Consulting Firms

Consultants  are a valuable resource for all but the most local campaigns.  Political consulting firms should bring professional knowledge, tools, and resources to the table that campaigns can take advantage of at relatively reasonable prices.
As more and more campaigns utilize the services of political consulting firms, many more such companies have been formed, with the [...]

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Top 5 Articles of 2009

With just over one week left in 2009, we present our annual list of the year’s most popular articles from Local Victory, as judged by the number of people who read each post.  If you missed any of these articles… be sure to check them out!  Without further ado, the winners are:
1.  Political Slogans: How [...]

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How to Get Elected Even if Nobody Knows You

Many first-time candidates face a real conundrum: they aren’t well known, and without tons of money, they won’t get well known.  But without being well known, they can’t raise lots of money, and they themselves aren’t rich.  What’s a candidate to do?  Are there ways to get elected as a first time candidate even if [...]

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The Question of the Election

If you’ve been a Local Victory reader for any length of time, you’ve probably heard me talk about the importance of developing a great campaign message – a message supported by good issues, and related through a solid political slogan.  (For more information on developing a good message and political slogan, read Message: The King [...]

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Linking Your Campaign with a Grassroots Movement

If there’s one thing the past year has taught us, it’s that grassroots movements are alive and well in the United States.  From the grassroots organization that helped elect Barack Obama to the tea parties that are protesting his policies to the local groups lining up on both sides of the health care debate, there’s [...]

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How to Win Election Contests in Small Districts

There are well over 500,000 elected offices in the United States.  Add in all of the elected officials in all of the democracies in the world, and you’ve got millions and millions of elected offices worldwide.
The vast majority of these elected positions are for small, local offices.  While we all hear about the huge national [...]

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3 Creative Ways to Place Your Election Yard Signs

Political yard signs provide a cheap and convenient way to raise your candidate’s name ID and show grassroots support.  Most campaigns want to “out sign” their opponents by placing more election yard signs in better locations than the other candidates in the race, yet most campaigns rely on the exact same methods for placing their [...]

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