Questions tagged [campaigning]
Questions related to the process of working in an organized and active way towards a goal from a political standpoint (an example could be a politician campaigning to run for office).
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How could Trump's campaign benefit from attacking the Netanyahu government(s)?
According to the NY Post, Trump appears to be taking some pot shots at past and present Israeli governments led by Netanyahu:
Former President Donald Trump made an extraordinary attack on the ...
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Was there an official campaign button printed and circulated with the DeSantis name and the likenesses of both Ron DeSantis and Ronald Reagan?
The lead in to the PBS NewsHour full episode, June 16, 2023 includes
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Why would being "almost the end of the second quarter for fundraising" be a reason for US presidential candidates not being "out there quite as much"?
In CNN's June 14, 2023 'He’s scared s***less’: Hear John Kelly’s blunt take on Trump indictment at about 08:23, CNN's Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny says:
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Preventing fraud by a candidate
What prevents US candidates from misrepresenting or outright lying about themselves?
What laws, regulations, procedures, etc. are in place that address a candidate lying about their own resume/CV and ...
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Has anybody campaigned on reforming the judiciary?
I am struggling to come up with a name of a politician who has ever campaigned on the intention to reform the judiciary (not the justice system in general). Such a campaign, for instance, would ...
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In open-list systems, how do individual candidates promote themselves while being a team player?
In open-list systems, political candidates are expected to promote their party platform while simultaneously advocate for a personal mandate so they can rise higher on the list.
This might create a ...
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Why would Philippines Senator Manny Pacquiao be "banking on the support of Filipino voters from classes D and E to win the 2022 presidential race"?
After about 08:10 in CNN Philippines Politics as Usual video May 2022: Who are you rooting for? | Politics As Usual reporter Xianne Arcangel discusses term-limited Philippines Senator Manny Pacquiao's ...
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Did the French right wing ever call to vote for left wing candidates prior to 2012?
I am searching for any occasions, prior to 2012 and especially between 1995 and 2007, at which the right wing, especially the French President Jacques Chirac himself, called to vote for left wing when ...
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Are there examples of politicians resigning after failing to fulfill an electoral promise?
Politicians love making promises during election campaigns, often with explicit deadlines on when said promise would come to fruition. But are there examples in recent history where a politician (or ...
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Why would the Lincoln Project campaign *against* Sen. Susan Collins?
As I understand it, The Lincoln Project is anti-Trump Republicans.
So why would they campaign against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)? And not only that, but campaign the hardest of any Senate election?
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Why are there no campaigning caps in US elections?
As far as I'm aware, America doesn't put a cap on how much money you can spend on campaigning. This is unlike countries such as Britain (where the cap is £30,000 per constituency).
If the lack of a ...
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How are the 2020 US presidential campaigns now like "a land war in Asia"?
Politico's Bloomberg knocks Trump back on his heels in Florida includes:
“It’s forced the Trump campaign to retrench in Florida. You can see it in the spending habits, in television and digital. They’...
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Does the Hatch Act specifically address the use of government property for political campaign activities?
Earlier questions about the use of federal facilities (for example< the White House) did not generate answers that were specific to use of government property but were either closed without an ...
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Why do politicians create more advertising badmouthing their opponents, rather than promoting themselves?
I live in Iowa and have been inundated with a lot of political advertising everywhere (TV, mail, internet) as the 2020 US election approaches. It seems to me that most of the political advertising ...
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What is the point in yard signs in presidential elections?
I just don't see that there is any possible benefit, in the case of presidential elections anyway. I don't think there are many, if any, registered voters who haven't heard of Donald Trump or Joe ...
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What, if any, are the political advantages of paying bail fees of people accused of rioting in Minneapolis?
In this article it is stated that 13 Biden campaign staff members made donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a foundation that pays the bail fees for imprisoned people, including those arrested ...
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What is known about pressure on Klobuchar and Buttigieg to drop out and endorse Biden?
Before 2020 Super Tuesday, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and Joe Biden were seen as ‘splitting the center democratic’ vote.
At the same time, Bernie Sanders had the largest consolidated block of left-...
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Has a political campaign ever been "suspended", only to go on and later win the election?
As a follow up to Why do primaries contestants (usually) announce that they are "suspending" their campaign when they exit it? - are there examples of politicians initially "suspending" ...
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Can candidates in federal elections draw a living wage from their campaign finances?
In federal elections in the US or in similar governments, is it possible for candidates to feed and house themselves and their families from campaign donations? Or do they need to live off of personal ...
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Is there systematic evidence that (campaign) "pivoting" doesn't work as well as it used to?
It's not hard to find punditry like
[Trump's] chief campaign strategist Paul Manafort told Republican leaders that Trump’s been acting all along. “The part that he’s been playing,” Manafort insisted, ...
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Has Trump managed to implement any of his anti-corruption (lobbying reform) campaign proposals?
In a 2016 article, the BBC noted some (four) proposals of then-candidate Trump:
Currently, anyone spending less than 20% of their time engaged in lobbying can call themselves an "adviser" ...
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Is door-to-door canvassing common in America?
In the UK, most people can expect to be canvassed at home, in the form of party volunteers knocking on their door and trying to have a conversation with them in order to persuade them to vote for ...
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What difference does a winter election make?
The last December election took place almost a century ago, in 1923. Why are winter elections so rare, what difference does it make to voters, turnout, and campaigners, and how has it affected the ...
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As a supporter, what is the most impactful way of helping a political campaign win?
Let's say new Gubernatorial elections are coming up in the US and you are dead set on doing everything possible to help your candidate win.
What would be the most impactful legal way to do so, in ...
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Why are Democrats mostly focused on increasing healthcare spending, rarely mentioning any proposals for decreasing the costs of healthcare services?
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are currently the two most prominent candidates campaigning for universal healthcare, as an expansion of Obama's original Affordable Care Act. However their plans ...
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Is there any European politics study related to the effectiveness of pets usage in political campaigning?
Romania is preparing for the Presidential elections and one of members of a party posted a photo with that of the party president holding a cat (original in Romanian, the following quote was written ...
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How do campaign rallies gain candidates votes?
In my mind, only people that are already excited about the candidate would go. This means the attendees are mostly voting for the candidate anyway. Obviously this is not the whole story, rallies must ...
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Is it common for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives to go door-to-door as a campaign activity?
I read that candidates for Congress can knock on doors as a way to campaign. Is this a common practice or something that is rare? I read that AOC knocked on many doors, but I would think this would ...
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What was the political impact of the 'Daisy' election campaign commercial? [closed]
I can see why the Johnson Campaign's Daisy was controversial. I also know that Johnson won the 1964 United States presidential election. However, how much of a political impact did Daisy really have? ...
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Is it allowed to invoke religion while campaigning in India?
I have seen a lot of politicians invoking religion while campaigning for elections in India. They usually drive up an "us vs them" mob mentality. While I feel that this is ethically wrong, is this ...
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Manifesto Preparation by Political parties in India
I was browsing through the manifesto of INC for the parliamentary election, 2019. There were some really good ideas in all areas. The promises and plan of action were spread across all types of topics ...
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Ban on all campaign finance?
There is a lot of rhetoric surrounding how politicians in the US obtain money for their campaigns. I am wondering why it is necessary for politicians to have any money for their campaigns, small ...
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Are huge donations to political campaigns truly useful and a sensible investment?
I've been reminded recently of the huge investments in political campaigns in the last few years (mainly the 2016 US Presidential elections and the UK Brexit referendum) and I was also reading this ...
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Does the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee have a museum or is it just offices? [closed]
I have only seen photographs of the exterior of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington. What is it like inside? Is there a museum? Is it opened to the public, or is it ...
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Anti-deceptive electioneering law
In light of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections and clandestine Democratic efforts to use deceptive tactics in the recent Alabama senate race, it is clear that social media as a ...
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Is it typical for candidates to change their looks based on voter profiles?
One TV series includes the following scene: the wife of one of the presidential candidates is shown several pictures of herself and advised by one of the campaign stuff that based on focus groups it ...
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Local campaign norms?
Given a local campaign, say for city council, I have the following questions:
Albeit a rough estimate, how soon should a local candidate begin publicly campaigning?
How many days per week does the ...
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Are there any anti-misinformation regulations for political campaigns?
Is there any country in the world that restricts the use of false information in (at-least publicly funded) political campaigns?
I'm not really thinking of countries where the dominant party bans bad ...
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Did European Union officials decide not to influence Brexit campaign?
European Union leaders have just approved an agreement on Britain's departure. I have just caught a glimpse on the news - a political analyst arguing about the agreement said that European Union ...
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Who pays for the President's campaign trips?
Not specific to any one president or party but using Trump as the most recent example.
Trump has been on the road for weeks campaigning for the Republican Party midterm elections. I've searched ...
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Has this campaign strategy been tried anywhere before?
I was thinking of a localized direct/representative democracy hybrid, in which a local politician (thinking US House Rep for reference as the best balance of reach and scope here) holds a "referendum ...
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Dem anti-Kavanaugh strategy: why focus on sexual assault allegations, as opposed to a blend of issues? [closed]
The Democratic party seems to be putting a lot (all?) of its hopes on the Ford sexual assault allegations for blocking the Kavanaugh nomination. Media coverage has been extensive and highly polarized.
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Have any studies been performed which show that campaigning for or being appointed to an office of public trust leads to criminal activity?
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List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes
List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes
while in general persons who have been convicted of a crime are ...
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Do Republicans spend more on advertising while Democrats do more canvassing?
Recently I was chatting with a leader in one of my local political parties. They said something interesting that I hadn't heard before:
Democrats and Republicans campaign differently. We (Democrats)...
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Does the Trump tower meeting differ from standard opposition research?
As events of the Trump tower meeting unfold, President Trump has repeatedly cast the meeting in the light of a typical attempt at opposition research. Previously he has said:
"I think from a ...
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Is there any recent US campaign that contradicts "all politics is local" conjecture?
I have watched this TED presentation that argues about global issues:
(..) you might be thinking to yourself, how can we possibly persuade
world leaders to sustain a focus on global issues? ...
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Is there an online resource for latest US presidential campaigns highlights?
I am interested in the highlights (e.g. platform main ideas, slogans) of the latest (5-6) US presidential campaigns. For example, for the 2016 US presidential campaign the information should look ...
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Was there any US political campaign that included Gini index improvement?
This CIA online article tells us a little about the Gini index:
Distribution of family income - Gini index measures the degree of
inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The ...
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If I were to lose an election for federal office, what can I do with my leftover campaign money?
Suppose I'm running for some federal-level position in the United States. Along the way, I'm raising campaign funding for all of the usual reasons. Then the election comes, but I lose. I still have ...
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Is basic information of contracts between political parties and private companies public information?
This article argues about possible connection between Cambridge Analytica and the main Romanian party in power:
Rupert Wolfe Murray, a British consultant, says that Cambridge
Analytica, through ...
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