Dave from Ohio sends Killer Campaigning an interesting question about how local candidates can revive their political careers following a scandal: “Hi Killer Campaigning, I’m a fan and maybe you can help give me advice with a problem that I have. I was a City Councilman but had some personal problems in my life and [...]
I’ve never recommended any pre-packaged political campaign plans or guides here on Killer Campaigning, although I’ve had several people approach me about promoting their “how to win your local election” products. The problem that I have with most how-to books for new political candidates is that their tips just aren’t thorough enough; it’s tough fit [...]
Trying to figure out the odds of winning a particular local election is smart practice before you decide to jump into a race (as we’ve mentioned before in our post about picking the easiest race to win). Far too many new candidates, though, start trying to make predictions about how likely they are to win [...]
The local election issues that you choose to focus on as a candidate are an important part of the planning process for your political campaign. Regardless of the size of your city or district, researching and prioritizing the issues that are important to voters can help you create an effective, laser-focused campaign message. When figuring [...]
As John “Hannibal” Smith often said in The A-Team, “I love it when a plan comes together.” And believe me: this kind of satisfying “aha” moment, when you see all of the hard work and planning you did start to pay off, is one of the greatest things about working on political campaigns. Of course, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]