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Showing posts with label campaign basics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label campaign basics. Show all posts
29 December 2015

Do election signs work? #nlpoli

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Apparently, they do. In four randomised field experiments , researchers at Columbia University found that lawn signs increased vote sha...
28 February 2012

Cost per Vote: the Rural/Urban Divide #nlpoli

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In looking at by-elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, the second and third phases offer a neat cluster of by-elections in urban (metro St...
27 February 2012

Campaign Spending and Efficiency #nlpoli

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Two of the three political parties in this province are spending more, on average, and getting less, on average in by-elections. That’s on...
23 February 2012

Cost per vote: by-elections #nlpoli

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One measure of campaign efficiency and effectiveness is comparing the amount a campaign spends for the number of votes it receives. It’s c...
28 August 2011

JFK’s speech on religion and politics

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Religion played a huge role in the 1960 presidential election. Specifically, Republicans questioned how John Kennedy would govern, given t...
27 April 2011

Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies #elxn41

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You can tell we are in the final week of a federal election campaign. The attack ads are out. Everybody has one. Some people are whini...
02 September 2009

Campaign College: Sign Design 101

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There is a difference between political communications and advertising. Here’s a simple, graphic example.  One of the signs in these pi...