Advertising
Meta fights $35 million penalty over Washington’s political ad law
Courthouse News
“McKenna explained that requiring Meta to identify which ads may fall under the law is expensive due to the system of machine and human review that the company must create, and it isn’t worth it to the company.”
Campaigns
The 10 Political Digital Trends I’m Watching for 2026
Anchor Change
“with more platforms for people to consume information on, as well as content becoming more niche, campaigns will have to create more content to keep up. That will put a strain on even the most well-resourced of campaigns.”
With Zohran Mamdani, have progressives found their counter to MAGA branding?
FastCompany
“While design alone can’t win elections, it plays a starring role in conveying identity and essence, especially in today’s fast-moving landscape, where visual culture carries ever more weight amid shrinking attention spans.”
Solidarity Tech: The Platform Powering Zohran Mamdani's Movement
The Connector
“One of the less-heralded stories of Mamdani’s rise is how his campaign used technology originally built to help organize rideshare workers – a notably difficult-to-organize constituency – to power his anti-establishment campaign.”
Data
The Super PAC Trying to Free Democrats From the Cult of the Quants
Politico
“Democrats, she believed, were allowing data about what supposedly sways people to stand in the way of intuition.”
Design
How an off-year election inspired the "I Voted" sticker campaign that changed everything
Yello
“By the 1986 midterms the following year, the company National Campaign Supply began selling 'I Voted' stickers, and the Phoenix Board of Realtors kept giving out stickers, eventually distributing 30 million between 1985 and 2008.”
Technology
Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars
New York Times
“The convenience of the chatbots to willingly answer nearly any question, at times with unblinking confidence, is likely to reinforce an undeserved faith in their accuracy.”
From the War Room to AI: How Campaign Research Evolved and What Comes Next
Campaigns & Elections
“That’s the key to any successful campaign — turning raw information into persuasive, strategic storytelling. AI and machine learning will allow campaigns to surface insights from massive amounts of data in ways that will increase the efficiency of human research teams.”