Campaigns
DNC Rolls Out New Organizing Playbook Ahead of Midterms
Campaigns & Elections
“In 2024, for example, former Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign made more than 300 million phone calls, but just 3 percent of them actually resulted in contact with a voter, the document notes.”
Know the Texting Chain
Hitting send is only the start. Compliance checks, routing partners and carriers shape whether your texts reaches voters. A strong texting provider protects traffic and brand reputation across the full chain, not just their platform. Does yours?
Fundraising
ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned
New York Times
“The Covington memos indicated that ActBlue did not have the rigor in its review of overseas donations that was required or that it had described to congressional investigators. As a result, one memo said, there was 'a substantial risk that some of the funds received were impermissible contributions from foreign nationals.'”
The 2026 Political Fundraising Landscape: 5 Trends Every Campaign Needs to Know
Campaign Engine
“Across every vertical we track — federal, statewide, PAC, and nonprofit — campaigns that segment their donor list by behavior, giving history, and geography are raising 30–40% more per email sent than campaigns sending the same message to everyone.”
Technology
AI hasn’t broken through into political campaigns just yet
Medium Data
“Frankly, this is way lower usage than I was expecting. I figured that ~most campaigns would have shelled out for some kind of AI subscription at this point, if only defensively to get their staff off less-secure free versions.”
Social media is populist and polarising; AI may be the opposite
Financial Review
“I found that while different AI platforms behave in subtly different ways, all of them nudge people away from the most extreme positions and towards more moderate and expert-aligned stances.”