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When the 'field' is digital: how to run your field organizing program online
What is field organizing, and where do I start? Field organizing is the act of one-to-one voter outreach. This is traditionally done through door knocking and phone banking, but due to the current pandemic, there has been a sharp shift in how political campaigns can run their field programs. Your...
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How to build your GOTV infrastructure in NationBuilder
An organised get-out-the-vote (GOTV) operation is integral to the success of every campaign. It’s at this point in the campaign...
How to run a political campaign fundraising program in 2020
While fundraising in the digital space has become increasingly important for political campaigns in recent years, the shift to nearly...
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Inside a first run for city council
Wendy Wheatcroft’s journey to activism and politics started in classrooms—both during her time as a student and her 15-year career as an elementary school teacher—where she experienced multiple lockdowns and close calls that changed the course of her life. In...
The fundamentals of Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV)
GOTV or Get Out the Vote is the final phase of a campaign. At this point, you’ll have completed the phases of voter identification and persuasion, and are now focused solely on moving your confirmed supporters to cast their ballot....
Top tips: Fundraising while social distancing
1. Remember you are enough. In some ways, fundraising hasn’t changed with the onset of COVID-19. Great candidates like you still need funds. Donors still expect campaigns to ask for money. Remember you got this and you are worth investing in,...
Five reasons you can (and should) run for office
Our partners at VoteRunLead, whose mission is to empower and provide the resources for women to run for office, expect to have 30,000 new women trained to run by 2020, with 60% being women of color. And at NationBuilder, we’re...
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Plan to win: your Election Day checklist
Learn the steps your campaign needs to take to plan for a smooth and successful Election Day.
Social distance canvassing: Strategies and guidelines
In the ever-changing environment that we now live in, people are having to be adaptable with their strategies for field...
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