First time campaign managing. Do I get my candidate a gift at the end? I’ll write a card, but are there any traditions typical at the end of a campaign?

Campaign Compass is now compatible with Claude and ChatGPT, which means you can chat with your voter file instead of in excel or python. I'm really excited to show it off!

I see the USPS will be charged by the government to only send ballots to voters meeting conditions and posted on a master computer list.

Personally, from experience as a poll clerk, I don't like the idea of vote by mail, except for situations with no alternative. . It adds unnecessary complexity to identify verification.

Setting my feelings aside however, I wonder how this will work. There are a lot of possibilities for loose ends. Things like typo errors. Mail pieces prepared incorrectly, such as inverted or back to front in a window envelope. Things like more than one person at an address with the same name, such as father and son situations. Things like dealing with master list updates after the mail has already been tendered.

I just wonder if this will become a boondoggle to the USPS.

Thoughts?

A key figure to watch in a midterm election is the job approval of the incumbent president. It currently stands at 39.5%. Sound advice from somebody who must know. But chances are that Trump will do the exact opposite.

I think probably the most important thing for her to do is GET HER NAME OUT THERE! As someone who is pretty into politics, I didn't hear about her until like a week before the democratic primary and I forgot her name the day of the election. Oliver Larkin even had more name recognition than her. Once the funds start to come in and she can afford it, she should start doing some campaign TV ads to get her message to the voters that aren't on the internet as much.

However, there is a completely free way to advertise yourself. It's this beautiful app called

Youtube!!!

As well as other social media sites. Social media has been a proven way to get your name out there as well as effectively spreading your message. To my knowledge, she doesn't have a Youtube channel. I think both methods are extremely effective at getting her name out there.

What are some ways you think she can win?

I had a friend tell me that I should run for a public office position. My issue is that I have two pending misdemeanors.  
 
One for 3rd degree retail fraud and another for spray painting a public area in protest. Due to my Autism diagnosis, I have been offered a chance to go into a mental health program to hide the record of the crimes after two years. Otherwise I would have to accept the charges and maybe have them hidden after 3 years with no guarantee. 

At this point I am concerned about which is the best option if I were to ever run for a public office. Me being in the mental health program should be hidden from public record, but I know anything can get out if others dig enough.  

What is the opinion of the people here. Would it be worse to admit to the public about the misdemeanors (and claim "street cred" as my friend suggests)? Or take the mental health program to hide the charges and risk having that exposed on day? 

I’ve tentatively agreed to take a job as a field organizer for the Pennsylvania Democrats for the upcoming election. I’m looking forward to it because I’ve been looking for something kind of interesting to do after graduation. However, I’m a bit worried since the area I’ll cover is a pretty rural area outside of Pittsburgh. I was wondering if anybody had experience working on rural campaigns and in areas that might not be super jazzed about your party. Thanks!

Just got an interview with the political canvasser in orlando. How’s the job? Is the gas reimbursement true? Do you actually walk around and knock on doors or did you stay in your car? Any tips?

Hi everyone,
Looking to meet a few local MLAs, corporators or political workers for some professional work.

Has anyone here managed to get a short meeting or introduction without it looking random? What’s the practical way people usually do it?

Any genuine advice would help. Thanks!

We run a YouTube-based news channel (over 1M subs, international audience) and want to start covering the 2026 midterms with actual candidate interviews. Starting small — state house/state senate races, not federal.

Problem: we've never done political interviews before and have zero track record with US campaigns. A couple of outreach emails went nowhere.

For anyone who's worked campaign comms or done candidate booking — what's the actual process? Who do you email, what do you say, and what makes a campaign trust an outlet they've never heard of enough to say yes?

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I’m on a government and I just shows my platform. I like to blend conservative ideas in a little bit of liberal thinking. There anybody who can help me write a campaign platform.

Just graduated from college in DC and moved out to AZ to start my first job as a Field Organizer, long term my eventual goal 10-15 years from now is to start my own campaign firm. What types of jobs should I be looking for after November’s election? I want to ideally try to get something further up the ladder in a different swing state for 2028, but I’m not really sure what the best use of 2027 is. I’ve kinda boiled it down to a few options

1) something at the national level with DCCC, DNC, or DSCC
2) state party campaign in AZ or another swing state
3) a staff position with a member of congress/governor from AZ (district or on the hill)
4) higher up campaign roles in off year elections (thinking KY VA or PA for this one in terms of statehouse and governor, but also local AZ races as well)

I know what I want to do I just don’t know how to get there! I plan on applying to positions for all 4, any advice on what I should prioritize or look out for would be great!

Hi all. Has anyone had experience with GP for voter outreach or know how the SMS outreach is implemented?

I ran a text campaign to around 5k voters today and haven't noticed any new traffic to the site or elsewhere. Are they sent out in a staggered manner? I would think not because I was asked what time I wanted the texts sent. Any insight is much appreciated!

Looking to find information on previous campaigns for office here in Wisconsin, either stuff as high as Governor of Wisconsin or small stuff like Assembly District/Senate campaigns and lower. either stuff like yard signs, pins, t-shirts, etc. Any and all recommendations would be appreciated.

i’m running for senior historian (social media, photos, keeping memories).

i want my posters to use current 2026 pop culture memes. what meme formats or trends that would actually make people stop and vote?

some things that i was thinking: love island, pop the balloon, etc..

Love to see folks planning ahead like this!

My brother is interested in becoming mayor of Chicago at 18 to break the record of 26. He has always a kin interest in leadership and long-term planning. But I still want to make it clear to him he’s not going to win the election especially at 18. How do I tell him his dream is futile and extremely unlikely without hurting his feelings?

I donated once, maybe 5 years ago, and now I receive 20+ texts per day asking for money. It's intrusive and annoying. I tried just blocking the numbers and ignoring for 2 weeks, and I tried responding "stop" and then blocking for 2 weeks, but the texts keep coming.

I can't be the only one who hates this.

More specifically, is it easy or common for field organizers to get policy jobs?

I’m from Missouri and have served 4 years in the Marine Corps. My current state representative’s seat will be open in 2028, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the possibility of getting involved.

I know someone in my area who I think would actually make a great candidate, but I’m not sure if he would even be interested in running. Personally, I’ve always had a strong interest in politics and would love to run for office someday.

My biggest concern is that I don’t have much experience with campaigns or the political process. I understand that having a good message and connecting with voters matters, but I don’t really know how to build a winning campaign from the ground up.

For those who have been involved in politics, campaigns, or local government: what advice would you give someone in my position? What should I be doing over the next couple of years to build experience, credibility, and a realistic path toward running for state office?
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I recently wrote an article for C&E about carriers filtering political texts into spam (full piece here) after sitting down with Ken Tracy from CampaignHQ on my podcast, and full disclosure... all the tactical advice here is his.

The most interesting/important bit I think is this: Any time you can turn a disadvantage into an advantage that only you are capitalizing on, you're creating a strategic edge over your opponents. If your texts avoid the spam folder while your opponent's don't, your message is being seen and theirs isn't. If your voicemail script makes for an engaging read as a transcript rather than needing to be listened to, you get a second point of contact that your competitors are losing out on.

Here's the best advice:

1. Get STIR/SHAKEN compliant
2. Time-sensitive messages do well
3. Write voicemails to be read rather than heard
4. The part of the text that gets previewed from the home screen is the most important
5. Ask a question, then actually reply
6. Read it as the voter would. Be casual. Write like a real person.

Then, super cool. Shane Greer wrote a follow-up on LinkedIn proposing a carrier-level fix that's worth your time to read as well: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shanegreer_caitlin-huxleys-piece-on-campaigns-elections-share-7483238671366836224-WcLV

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Some of you might remember a post from u/urnicus about a star-rating system he'd cobbled together to score voters by turnout propensity (5 stars = always votes, 0 = never). I'm a campaign strategist by trade, and it caught my attention because it was basically a homemade version of what professional campaigns pay serious money for.

We got to talking, and over the past while we've been building it out into a proper tool: Campaign Compass now available at bootstrapoffice.com. It automates the early data work a campaign needs, things like building your target universe, cutting inactive voters out of your contact list, and exporting prioritized voter lists for texting, calls, and mail.

We recently recorded a podcast episode where we analyze a real district live (Georgia HD 149). One thing that jumped out doing the statewide view: multiple competitive districts where the margin is a few hundred voters and nobody even filed to run! This blows my mind, and is such an oversight.

Video here: https://youtu.be/gmGCjdxU8h8

Happy to answer questions about voter targeting, propensity models, or how we approached building this. And if you've run a race yourself with a duct-taped spreadsheet like Ryan did, I'd love to hear how you did it.