We’ve gotten a few questions from fans of Killer Campaigning about political campaign get-out-the-vote efforts (referred to as GOTV among savvy campaigners) and what kind of tactics work to increase voter turnout in local elections. GOTV is the kind of topic that will take many posts to cover properly, but let’s talk about increasing voter [...]
As adults with strict budgets, bills to pay and families to take care of, most of us (I hope) take a close look at every major purchase to make sure it’s justifiable and necessary. Unfortunately, many new political candidates running in local elections don’t tend to do the same when it comes to campaign costs [...]
Ed (no location given) loves Killer Campaigning and has a question for us about what kind of political campaign strategies you should use if you’re a candidate in a local election with low turnout: Hello, I love your website, extremely helpful information! Here’s my question. I am running this year for Township Council in a [...]
A Killer Campaigning fan named Nick sends us a request to be a bit more specific when it comes to giving political campaigns the personal touch: Hello, I love your website and have already every single one of your posts. You emphasize the value of personalization in local campaigns in many of them. Could you [...]
Matt in Utah sends this week’s election question for Killer Campaigning: When candidates in a local elections are designing yard signs, brochures, billboards and etcetera, should they create a unique political campaign logo that everyone will recognize? I am thinking of candidates for higher office, like presidential, senatorial and governors, who have their own campaign [...]
One common mistake made by new candidates in local elections is not including their political campaign committee disclaimer on materials that are paid for from their campaign fund. Let’s take a quick look at political campaign disclaimer requirements to make sure that you don’t run afoul of election ethics laws in your state. A printed [...]
What would professional politicians do without campaign consultants? Political campaign consulting is a lucrative business, especially if you can get on board with winning candidates who have lofty ambitions and fundraising skills. There are political consulting firms that rake in millions of dollars a year, and more during busy election cycles. While a lot of [...]