Campaigns & Elections articles from October 2001

Campaigns & Elections archives from October 2001

Impact widespread, but how enduring?(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... ON THAT STRANGE December night last year when Al Gore conceded the presidency to George W. Bush, who would have thought that this new president, who had just won a seemingly flawed election by the thinnest of margins during an economic...

Politics Down Under.(Australia)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... For American political junkies visiting Australia in the fall, the prime ministerial campaign may have a familiar feel. Whether it's direct mail or savvy, quick-hit political sound bites on television and radio, many Australian campaigns --...

Voters Elect Mayors on Day of Terror.(Minneapolis)(Detroit)(Cincinnati)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Minneapolis: In the Minneapolis mayoral primary Sept. 11, Democratic Internet consultant R.T. Rybak out-polled eight-year, two-term incumbent Sharon Sayles Belton in the nonpartisan primary, coming in with 34 percent to Sayles Belton's 27...

Incumbent Dollar Derby.(campaign fundraising for 2002)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... According to a recent report published by the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Jim Jeffords' defection from the Republican Party earlier this year will affect campaign fundraising for several incumbents up for re-election in 2002 -- and...

PEOPLE & ORGANIZATIONS.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... IAPC TO MEET: The International Association of Political Consultants will hold its annual meeting Nov. 9-12 in Malta. For more information, visit wmw.iapc.org or call jimmy Magro at +356-249914. CAMPAIGN MOVEMENTS: Christine Iverson is...

CAREER PATHS: HOW THEY GOT WHERE THEY ARE.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... John Baldacci Member of Congress 2nd District, Maine Democrat Low-key, thoughtful and deliberate, Baldacci served his first three terms in relative anonymity, voting a dependable Democratic line and concentrating almost...

AAPC Hires New Membership Director.(American Association of Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The AAPC has hired a new membership Director, Kevin O'Neill. Mr. O'Neill is a recent graduate of the University at Albany, where he majored in business administration with a political science minor, and received the Outstanding Graduating...

Hull Named Fall AAPC/SIW Scholarship Winner.(American Association of Political Consultants)(Semester in Washington)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Joy Hull, a graduate of Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, was named the fall AAPC/Semester In Washington Scholarship winner. The AAPC provides a $2500 scholarship and internship opportunity each semester (fall, spring, and summer) to...

AAPC's California Chapter Elects First Board Officers.(American Association of Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The California Chapter of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) held its first election for board officers this week. The California Chapter's 12-member board unanimously elected Mitchell Englander, president and chief...

AAPC Headquarters Showcases Wall of Fame.(American Association of Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The conference room at the AAPC headquarters near Capitol Hill is always available for members to hold client meetings or to provide a free and comfortable workspace while on a business trip. A wall in the conference room will now feature a...

Overtime: The Election of 2000 Thriller.(Review)
October 1, 2001... Overtime: The Election of 2000 Thriller, edited by Larry J. Sabato, Longman, 227 pages. Compiles a series of articles on the 2000 presidential race. Looks at the primaries, the importance of campaigns, impact of the Bush DUI, media...

Winning Campaigns Online.(Review)
October 1, 2001... Winning Campaigns Online, Second Edition, by Emilienne Ireland and Phil Tajitsu Nash, Science Writers Press, 320 pages. Looks at how political campaigns can use the Internet, including: cost, interactive features, maintenance, end-to-end...

The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States.(Review)
October 1, 2001... The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, by Alexander Keyssar, Basic Books, 479 pages. Examines the history of the suffrage from the American Revolution to present time. Looks at voter disenfranchisement...

The Next Agenda: Blueprint for a New Progressive Movement.(Review)
October 1, 2001... The Next Agenda: Blueprint for a New Progressive Movement, edited by Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey, Westview, 386 pages. Advocates new liberal economic, social welfare, health care, urban poverty, campaign finance and global trade...

MOVERS & SHAKERS.(political consultants)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Kim Alfano President of the Washington, D.C.-based Republican media firm Alfano Communications Career Background President of Alfano Communications, Inc. (and various incarnations) since 1991; worked for the Republican National...

Can Campaign Advertising Be on the Level?
October 1, 2001... Campaigns are learning that voters expect ads to be fair and honest....But who sets the standards? TO ASK THE QUESTION is to cause skeptics' eyebrows to raise. An oxymoron? An impossibility? A joke? Yet the media's "truth boxes"...

Doing it Differently in Wisconsin, Dagnabbit!(political campaigns)
October 1, 2001... Winning a decisive, longshot state Senate victory "BUT, DO YOU really think an animated cowboy will be a credible spokesman for a political candidate?" In the end, that was the one question that probably would have derailed our...

Mobilizing the masses through local campaigns.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS are associated with remarkable campaign spending and a spectacle of mass media advertisements and news coverage. Congressional campaigns, and statewide races for offices such as governor, also receive substantial media...

RESEARCH.(online information service about politicians)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... POLITICAL GRAVEYARD www.politicalgraveyard.com AT FIRST GLANCE, politicalgraveyard.com may seem a bit, well, morbid. But the site is actually a great biographical resource and an entertaining research tool for political aficionados....

ADVOCACY.(www.workingforchange.com)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... WORKING FOR CHANGE www.workingforchange.com WORKINGFORCHANGE.COM -- sponsored by the progressive group Working Assets -- is well designed with useful resources for those of liberal political persuasion. The home page is...

Elections during war.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 WAS an election day in the United States. Although the primary in New York City was postponed, elections went on as scheduled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Minnesota and Michigan. And so they will in November, and in...

2002 U.S. Senate Campaigns: Candidate Biographies.
October 1, 2001... A BIOGRAPHY MAY NOT seem like a key strategic element of a candidate Web site, but it can be. It can help you inform your base, instill confidence in your constituents, provide information to the press and give all visitors more of a personal...

Online Polling and Survey Research.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... THE INTERNET IS here to stay as a research tool. Naysayers are rapidly being replaced by industry believers as more and more research is being conducted in this medium. For the last several years this has primarily meant narrowly targeted...

Cable TV: Campaign Vehicle of Choice.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... ONE OF THE BIGGEST keys to achieving political objectives and maximizing the return on campaign media budgets is targeting those constituents who are most likely to make a difference at the polls. With its growing effectiveness in delivering...

Should You Buy Cable Spots in Local Races?
October 1, 2001... "EXCUSE ME. Are you a registered Democrat by any chance?" This was the question I repeated to everyone who was passing on the street one recent June day; irrespective of whether they were wearing business suits, spaghetti-strap halters, gangsta...

Sticking with the Web, staying on message, campaign regulations.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... ALSO: Is CATI a valuable polling tool? Our Web site looks great, has good content, but is a disappointment. People don't seem interested. What's the deal? Boom: People are using the Internet more than ever. Bust: According to...