Justin wears shorts, raises a lot of money
Received an email this morning; Liberal leader Justin Trudeau “has a message for me.” And a few million other people, but whatevs. Here it is: Much discussion in the online…
Fundraising
Whither the Green Party? Probable Strategy for 2015
I just took a gander at the Elections Canada databases to see the current state of the Green Party EDA`s. Like them or not, the Green Party remains a factor,…
Trudeau’s ‘Call to Action’ needs to focus on building the Riding Associations.
In the very few weeks since Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, there have been some pretty big things going on. I guess the most…
Liberal Party Organising: Integrating Facebook with Voter contact lists means GAME OVER for the Conservatives
I have blogged repeatedly on the Importance to the Liberal Party of ‘building the database’ and populating Liberalist with as many Liberal Party supporters as possible. That is step one…
It is time for the Liberal party to start ‘Doing’ policy.
Attack ads, counter attack ads. Lots of earned media so far, and with some actual media buys happening, I am sure there is going to be some movement in opinion…
Justin Trudeau ‘Anti-Attack’ ads released
OK, so I just got an emailed ‘ask’ to help pay for airing this 30 second spot. I am not an advertising expert, so I do not know how effective…
Here`s a surprise. The Greens kickass at political outreach while Libs CPC and NDP all FAIL.
Come on In! As regular readers may have gathered, I am very interested in effective political fundraising, data management, and communications strategy and tactics. I have had practical experience in…
Justin Trudeau is just plain Wrong about Micro-Targeting being negative.
Uh-oh. I read this article on Friday and it got right under my skin. Taken together with past statements by Justin Trudeau that he would not allow negative attacks on…
Building the Database: Conservative Union busting campaign.
So I have blogged on what the bare existence of the Supporter category of membership means to the Liberal Party. In a nutshell, it means that the Liberals have woken…
Liberals Supporter category vital. What happens after the leadership race?
I first realised that my old friend, the Liberal Party of Canada was on the path to recovery when they introduced the Supporter category early in 2012. Canadians were invited…
What’s in a Merger?
We have a problem. Nobody knows what a merger is. When you want to mobilize people and get people moving you need a plan of action. A raison d’etre.…
The Liberal Party Supporter category: Takach gets it. Does anybody else?
Yesterday I read a Toronto Star article entitled: How federal Liberals are using leadership race to get back in the game. The premise of the article is that the new…
Liberalist: The Liberal Party is FINALLY fixing their greatest failure.
The real world of electoral politics has been changing for over a decade. The Liberal Party of Canada has finally, at the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour noticed WHY…
Anonymous: The Betrayal Of Wikileaks
Last week, the hacktivist collective Anonymous dumped WikiLeaks. Anonymous accuses WikiLeaks’ beleagured founder Julian Assange of turning the whistle-blowing website into a one man “Julian Assange show”. Below is the…
Conservative Party machine still dominates the Canadian political space
The Conservatives have maintained their muscular advantage over both major competitors in fundraising in 2011: The Liberals raised $10,119,908.62 from 49,650 donors last year, according to their annual financial return.…
The Ultimate Canadian Trivia Fundraising Party!!
I’ve been a lot less active on the blog front as well as Facebook, Twitter, etc. I try to scale back the electronic presence on my holidays and focus on…
Following the money
The big news of the past 24 hours in Canadian politics: “Del Mastro donors offer to trade details on alleged reimbursement scheme for immunity.” Donors who say they were reimbursed…