If you want to be an effective political campaign candidate, you need to make sure that you stay educated and up-to-date on the many election issues that might affect your district and your constituents. There was a time when political candidates had to rely on daily newspapers and magazines for staying current on the issues, [...]
There are two medium-circulation local newspapers in my suburban Cleveland area, and both offer comparable news coverage and editorials. Only one of them, though, has an on-staff cartoonist who puts a humorous artistic slant on local politics and events, and that’s one of the reasons that I tend to like this paper’s editorial content more [...]
This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard of a local newspaper doing. Apparently The Dominion Post, a newspaper published in Morgantown, West Virginia, decided to completely remove the images of three elected officials who appeared in a picture showing the governor signing a bill into law. The Dominion Post [...]
. . . which we have said before here on Killer Campaigning, although some of our readers disagree. Larry Powell is a political communications expert who teaches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and his revelations in this article are worth checking out. Here’s a snippet: “In general, endorsements are worthless and don’t often [...]
The vast majority of political campaign bloggers only interview election candidates who share their views. This makes for great partisan red meat and is a good way to play to your audience, but it’s rarely very interesting. That’s why I enjoyed seeing a this interview on Blogging Blue today: even though the site is run [...]
Here’s an important note to all political campaign candidates, whether you are running in a small local election or a national election: before you make comments that you don’t want voters and the media to hear, always check and make sure that your microphone is off first. This story from the UK about Prime Minister [...]
Dave in Tennessee has a great question for Killer Campaigning about whether or not political campaign candidates should fill out election endorsement surveys & questionnaires even if a group is sure to support their opponents: “Thank you so much for the incredible mass of information you provide on the site. It’s been quite helpful. I’ve [...]