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Data Wizardry, An Ocean of Cash, and “Mundane” Revolutions: The 2012 Election...
By David Karpf 2012 is the year when the Internet moves firmly into the background for political campaigns. In the 2000 election, the web was a novelty. Candidate McCain attracted headlines through...
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Is GOTV a universally applicable answer for campaigns to the challenge of...
By Andreas Jungherr In his recent book Ground Wars Rasmus Kleis Nielsen[i] offers an insightful look inside the workings of the Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) effort of Democratic candidates for US-congress...
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People as Media: Campaigns and Actually Existing Democracy
By Daniel Kreiss In Ground Wars, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen makes an important contribution in revealing and analyzing an important trend in political campaigning that has taken shape over the last two...
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Organizing as a Campaign Strategy
By Marshall Ganz Rasmus Klies Nielsen’s Ground Wars brings refreshing focus to the role interpersonal communication can play in even the most high-tech, high dollar, high-profile 2012 electoral...
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September Dialogue: Ground Wars and the 2012 Elections
Our September essay dialogue uses Rasmus Kleis Nielsen’s new book Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns (Princeton University Press, 2012) as a jumping off point to discuss...
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Big Data and Big Money
By Zephyr Teachout The last ten years have witnessed two revolutions in political organizing: I will identify them as the big data transformation, and the big money transformation. The first is the...
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Whither the Ground War?
By Dana R. Fisher In Rasmus Kleis Nielsen’s recently published Ground Wars, the author provides a detailed account of the continued importance of people power in American politics. Using data...
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Ground Wars: Round 2
Continuing our dialogue on grassroots campaigns and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen’s book, Ground Wars, we have a second round of essays, written by contributors with both scholarly expertise and practical...
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How the Pimp with the Limp is the Key to Winning Campaigns
By Evan Sutton What do DJ LAZ (AKA, Miami’s “Pimp with the Limp”), the Food Network, #Eastwooding, TampaBay.com, your smart phone, and a neighbor knocking on your door have in common? Each one is a key...
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“Ground Wars” and Beyond
By Rasmus Kleis Nielsen It’s a real pleasure to read so many interesting essays on Ground Wars—books are meant to be used, and the discussions hosted here on Mobilizing Ideas show some of the many ways...
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