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The Wrong Way to do Negative Political Attack Mail

The late U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen once said, “politics is a full contact sport.” That means if you’re going to run for office you’re likely to get hit with
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VIDEO CASE STUDY: Mistakes Many Candidates Make with Political Campaign Mailers

Mail is a major part of many winning campaigns, especially those for local office. In today’s case study we take a look at two mostly positive mailers in the
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3 Types of Voter Contact Winning Candidates Use

Election Day is only 6 weeks away now. That means if you’re serious about winning, then your campaign’s voter contact activities should now be in full swing. Here’s the
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How to Know if a Voter is Really Going to Vote for You or Not

Most candidates who lose an election honestly thought they were going to win. Every voter they’ve talked to said they were voting for them. But the results on Election Night
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Winning Candidates Know When to Walk Precincts

With Labor Day now behind us, the traditional political campaign season is upon us. Your free time will become more scarce as most of your waking hours should be
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How to Win: Just Say No to Billboards

Billboards are a waste of money for political campaigns.  And it’s not just billboards but any large roadside signs – like those 4×8 that candidates love. This article is
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7 Winning Lessons from Losing Campaigns

Not all candidates win their first election. In fact, most first time candidates don’t win. My uncle lost three times before he won his first election, then went on
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How to Get More Votes from Yard Signs

Yard signs are one of those things that every candidate wants.  But most yard signs I see are not used well and not well placed, like those in this
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Why Winning Candidates Make Live Phone Calls

In recent years I’ve faced a certain amount of push back from candidates about making live calls for their campaigns.  They don’t think their effective.  They don’t think people answer
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Be First in the Mail and win the Early Voter

Everybody has heard about the early voter. Every campaign knows there are a group of voters that turn their ballots in as soon as they get them in the
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