Category Archives: campaigns
“Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters”
Politico:
Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees.The first giveaway took place last month in Cleveland,… Continue reading
“Trump’s Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists”
Tom Edsall in the NYT:
If you attend an evangelical or a Catholic Church, a women’s rights march or a political rally of any kind, especially in a seriously contested state, the odds are that your cellphone ID number,… Continue reading
“Big-money groups aligned with Senate GOP raised $68.3 million in 2019, an off-year record, officials say”
“American voters worry they can’t spot misleading information, poll finds”
PBS:
The new survey from PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist Poll found that 59 percent of Americans say it is hard to identify false information — intentionally misleading and inaccurate stories portrayed as truth — on social media. Another… Continue reading
“Tech Companies Volunteer to Beef Up Presidential Campaigns’ Cybersecurity”
WSJ:
Nearly a dozen technology companies said they will provide free or reduced-cost cybersecurity services to presidential campaigns, which experts and intelligence officials have warned are ripe targets for intrusion and disinformation.They join a growing number of firms … Continue reading
Citizens United and “Corporate Spending” on Elections
One of the important findings from yesterday’s major CFI Report on campaign finance that has gone unnoticed so far is that Citizens United did not lead to a significant increase in election spending by publicly-traded corporations. As the introduction to… Continue reading
“Trump is attracting a new crop of big donors, including many who have never given before”
WaPo:
Trump’s vaunted political money machine is helping drive record sums to the Republican National Committee, and not just from the same donors who supported him in 2016. Enticed by exclusive gatherings and ecstatic about the president’s tax cuts, an… Continue reading
“Some Democrats don’t want corporate money. That’s not stopping corporations.”
Breaking: SCOTUS Grants Cert in Political Robocall Case
Here is the order list showing the grant in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants. The question presented in the cert petition (minus citations):
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), Pub. L. No. 102-243, 105 Stat.… Continue reading
What to do with campaign funds after retiring or passing away
Two
stories today about campaign funds active longer than their campaigners.
One
focuses on FEC
requests for explanation from retired officeholders still spending from
campaign accounts. The other describes
the plans
that Rep. Cummings had for his unspent campaign money… Continue reading
“The Other Swing Voter”
Ibram Kendi with a thoughtful piece on the terminology of “swing voters”: some “swing” from candidate to candidate or party to party, and some swing between voting and not voting.
Informational Incentives for Campaign Mobilization
Bertrall Ross and Doug Spencer have a new paper out in the Northwestern Law Review: “Passive Voter Suppression: Campaign Mobilization and the Effective Disfranchisement of the Poor.” The abstract:
A recent spate of election laws tightened registration rules,… Continue reading
‘Diminished’ NRA at crossroads ahead of 2020 election
Speaking of mobilization, the Washington Times has questions:
The National Rifle Association, after shedding its president and top lobbyist this year amid a string of internal disputes and legal battles, finds itself at a crossroads with Republican politicos wondering… Continue reading