Hold on to your hats, people: in a recent speech, George Mason University economics professor Thomas Stratmann claimed that “money is important in politics.” All kidding aside, Stratman’s research does give us some interesting, concrete figures on just how much your your chances of winning an election increase if more people donate money to your [...]
Guest Post by Joe Garecht Raising money isn’t fun. It doesn’t matter if you’re a first time candidate or a seasoned pro… most candidates hate political fundraising. That being said, incumbents and long-time politicians do have an easier time fundraising than first time candidates. Political pros have name recognition, fundraising lists, and the confidence that [...]
TechCrunch has a post today about a new online group fundraising website, called GoFundMe, that might be a great option for political campaign candidates looking to take donations on their site and track contributions with an interesting social media layout. We’ve looked at raising political campaign money online with PayPal, but GoFundMe gives candidates a [...]
Killer Campaigning got a good question today from Sue in Minnesota, who wants to know how to use PayPal for receiving online political campaign donations: “Hi Killer Campaigning from a huge fan! I know that you have written in the past about political campaign websites and how valuable they can be for fundraising and online [...]
One of the most effective campaign tools used by candidates in large statewide and national elections are voter email lists. If you’re able to build a targeted list of email addresses for voters in your district, then it’s much easier to do vital things like raise money and recruit volunteers. Most candidates in smaller local [...]
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 [...]
While political campaign ethics are often an issue in large, high-profile elections, local candidates in small districts rarely need to have more than a rudimentary understanding of campaign and election law. Still, it’s good to occasionally go over the basics, and I want to take a moment to focus on a few of the political [...]