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4 Tips for Getting Your Political Campaign off the Ground

Now that this year’s Election Day is behind us, most people who are serious about running for office next year, or the year after, have already started thinking about their coming campaigns.  As we’ve said before on Local Victory, the next campaign begins the day after Election Day.  Whether you’re running for an open seat, [...]

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Last Minute Political Advice

Tomorrow is Election Day in the U.S., and for many campaigns, the election has already been won or lost – the messages are out, the grassroots are mobilized, the calls have been made, and the voters are ready to go to the polls and cast their ballots. Still, there’s a lot left to be done. [...]

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How to Build Online Fundraising Networks for Your Campaign

Guest post by Rich Aberman, Founder of WePay On his way to the presidency, Barack Obama set records by collecting $650 million in contributions from over 3 million donors, a huge percentage of which was collected online. As somebody who’s mission is to help people collect money online, my first thought was, “Wow.”  My second [...]

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Standing Up for What You Believe In

Political strategy and tactics are important.  There’s nothing wrong, or dirty, or shameful about knowing how to win an election.  I spent a decade as a professional political consultant and manager, and have spent an even longer amount of time trying to teach people how to win elections through Local Victory.   Knowing how to run [...]

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Winning a Run-Off Election

With fifty states, thousands of counties and hundreds of thousands of municipalities, each with their own laws and regulations, it’s no wonder that election rules vary widely across the United States (not to mention across the globe). One unique challenge faced annually by many candidates is the dreaded run-off election.  Some states and cities have [...]

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How to be a Successful Big City Pol

Richard Daley… Rudy Giuliani… Ed Rendell… Steven Goldsmith…. Martin O’Malley…  Marion Barry…  Richard Riordan… There’s not much these seven men have in common.  Some are Republicans, others Democrats.  Some were policy-oriented thinkers, others fly by the seat of your pants doers.   One is known for his appetite for food (Rendell) and another for his appetite [...]

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8 Ways to Target Your Campaign Tactics

We’ve covered political targeting extensively here on Local Victory.  If you haven’t read Political Targeting: The Beginner’s Guide or How to Target Your Campaign Tactics, take a minute to check them out now. The important thing to take away from those articles is this: modern political campaigns shouldn’t waste valuable time or resources by trying to communicate with [...]

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Beginner’s Guide to Building a Strong Political Organization

Today, we present The Beginner’s Guide to Building a Strong Political Organization, the fourth installment in our “Beginner’s Guide” Series. (If you haven’t already, be sure to check out The Beginner’s Guide to Political Communications, The Beginner’s Guide to Grassroots Campaigning and The Beginner’s Guide to Political Fundraising). Whether you are working on a campaign, building [...]

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