Political Campaign Tips and Strategies

Preparing Your Campaign For Early Voting

This election year is like no other. With all the changes in early voting this year, it’s important for campaigns to educate their supporters on how and when they can vote.

5 Political Campaign Video Ideas

Uploading campaign video content to a YouTube channel provides a place to store the files, an additional place for voters to find you online, and a way to easily embed videos into your website or blog.

Resources for Teaching Political Campaigning to Students

Teachers and educators have used our articles as further reading when teaching political campaigning to students. This includes high school and even college-level courses. Our material is non-partisan and without particular bias, so it's safe to use in lesson plans...

Political Web Services

Your website is the foundation of a successful online political campaign. Many candidates turn to local web developers or 'free site builders' for their political campaign website design needs. Neither has the experience or expertise in digital politics. That can mean...

Local Election Laws And Your Campaign Website

Local election laws vary from state to state, and from office to office. If you are a candidate, it’s essential that you know the rules that apply to you online before you create a campaign website.

What Political Campaigns Need To Know About Google Display Ads

Have you noticed more and more political campaign ads on your news and email websites? Ever wonder how they get there? They are called display ads. Large campaigns use them. But they can also be part of your own political campaign strategy to reach voters online....

Don’t Distance Your Campaign From Voters

These are uncharted times for down-ballot campaigns. With in-person contact limited, candidates are reaching voters through digital marketing. Online Candidate is here to help. From our articles to our campaign resource site to our marketing services, we help...

For Political Campaigns, Summertime Is No Time For A Vacation

Despite everything that is going on in the world today, primary and general elections are still on their way. Even if it's summertime, it's no time for a vacation. Political campaigns of all types need to get organized and fired up. This is especially true for local...

Using Facebook Live for Your Political Campaign

Reaching voters online is more important than ever. For local political candidates, the 2020 shift from door-to-door canvassing and in-person fundraising events to online-only campaigning has been particularly jarring. Candidates with little online experience shifted...

Want To Run For City Council? Here’s How To Get Started

A city council is a group of elected officials who serve as a city's legislative body. It's a popular position for first-time political candidates. So, if you run for a seat, you will likely face opposition. For example, in 2021, over 300 candidates ran for New York...

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