Civic Tech
How Canvassing Apps Changed Door Knocking Campaigns
In 2008 a volunteer walking a precinct carried a clipboard, a printed walk list of maybe sixty doors, and a pen that ran out...
Games writer
Martin has played political strategy and simulation games for twenty years, from Diplomacy by mail to modern election simulators. He writes about what those games get right about campaigns and what they flatten.
Civic Tech
In 2008 a volunteer walking a precinct carried a clipboard, a printed walk list of maybe sixty doors, and a pen that ran out...
Campaign History
In the second quarter of 2003, a former governor of Vermont with almost no national profile raised about 7.5 million dollars,...
Games
Few corners of popular culture have been reshaped by the web as quietly as the number draw.
Political Ads
Every political ad you see in the United States ends with a line most people skip: "Paid for by" followed by a name.
Online Video
A state senate candidate goes live on a Tuesday night.
Campaign History
In the autumn of 1960 two candidates stood under studio lights and argued policy in front of a camera, and political...