Magazine

Lessons from Lisa

by Shira Toeplitz / Feb 22 2012

Can write-in success happen again in 2012?

Getting your campaign website right

by Colin Delany / Feb 16 2012

Campaign websites: the red-headed stepchildren of digital politics?

Who are you and why are you running?

by Steve Pearson and Ford O'Connell / Feb 10 2012

Shop Talk: A new reality for direct mail

by Shane D'Aprile / Feb 14 2012

With major changes at the Postal Service, direct mail vendors are adjusting to slower delivery and a new reality for clients.

Managing your reputation online

by Melanie Batley / Feb 08 2012

More candidates are turning to pros to manage their online footprint.

It may not surprise you to learn that the concept of “gamification” is a big trend in social media right now. If you do a quick Google search on the topic, you’ll find dozens of articles, blog posts and white papers on gamification and how it can increase the level of online engagement amongst a target community ... .

Remettre le citoyen au cœur du débat politique, mais comment ?

by Simon Lafrance / Nov 23 2011

S’il existe déjà, le mécanisme d’investitures locales pour la sélection des candidats doit être mieux exploité. Peu importe qu’il s’agisse du niveau municipal, québécois ou canadien, les directions des organisations politiques ont habituellement beaucoup trop de pouvoir quant au choix des porte-couleurs qui briguent les suffrages de leurs concitoyens. Si les aspirants à la chefferie doivent se prêter au jeu de la démocratie, il en va de même pour les candidats locaux.

An Attack Ad Campaign with a Difference

by Stephen Skyvington / Nov 22 2011

Six hundred and eighty-five votes. That's all that stood between Premier McGuinty making history and winning a third consecutive majority. The all elusive fifty-fourth seat.

Alberta’s Wild Wild Western PC Leadership Race

by John Craig / Nov 23 2011

Party leadership races in Canada are probably the closest we get to dog-eat-dog US-style political campaigns. The stakes are often very high, such as Christy Clark and Alison Redford becoming the leaders of their respective parties and in turn Premier of their respective provinces, and in the current Federal NDP leadership race, Leader of the Official Opposition. As such these campaigns create allowances for all types of new approaches, creative tactics, and US-style "dirty campaigning".

Ontario Election 2011: The More Things Change...

by Joseph Ragusa / Nov 23 2011

Although the Ontario Liberals fell just one seat short of a majority on October 6, they became the first Ontario party to win three elections in a row since the uninterrupted 42 year rule of the province’s Progressive Conservatives. In my view, all three main political parties accomplished something, but none of them came away with a home run.