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Glen Bolger of Public Opinion Strategies, political analyst Leslie Sanchez, and David Winston of The Winston Group talked about the future of Latino voters' relationship with the Republican …

Charlie Cook talked about the history of midterm elections highlighted and the the political environment leader up to the 2014 congressional elections. He said the issue that President Obama…

Stefan Hankin talked about the 2011 Chicago mayor’s race at the American University Campaign Management Institute. The college-level class is an annual two-week program to train political a…

Jeff Berkowitz talked about strategies for researching opponents in political campaigns. Among the topics he addressed were techniques for talking about an opponent, messaging, and research …

Candice Nelson gave an overview of the class and each student introduced themselves. American University’s Campaign Management Institute (CMI) is an annual two-week program to train politica…

Tom Bonier spoke to students about campaign strategy and identifying potential voters to target during campaigns. Among the topics he addressed were developing targeting and marketing plans,…

Following introductory remarks to students attending American University’s Campaign Management Institute, Neil Newhouse spoke to students about the political climate in Washington and the co…

Officials of the American University Campaign Management Institute made opening remarks about the two week institute for training individuals for participation in local, state, and federal p…

Candace Nelson moderated a panel titled “Televised Political Advertising, the Role of Political Consultants and the Conduct of the Modern Campaign.” Panelists focused on the impact televisi…

Mr. Winston talked about developing campaign strategies, themes, and messages. Among the topics he addressed were looking at problems through several perspectives, lessons learned from past …

Nancy Bocskor, who runs a political consulting firm, talked about campaign fundraising. Using a pyramid structure, she divided contributors into three groups: high-dollar donors, who demand…

Mr. Bonier talked about targeting groups of voters in order to allocate the resources of people, time and money in the political campaign.

Course coordinators outlined an academic course on campaign management which would take place over the next two weeks.

Panelists talked about the upcoming congressional elections. They discussed how to judge a quality race and some of the issues that will play a major role in the election. Following their di…

David Winston, Office of House Speaker New Gingrich (R-GA) talked about the new technology available to political campaigns and the most effective way to use technology. This was part of the…

In a session titled, “Is This Any Way to Run an Election? Did the System Work?,” the panelists analyzed the November 5, 1996, elections and discussed the electoral process. The panelists als…

Three authors of a recent study assessing the effect of proposed government reforms, reviewed their findings. Their report, Rethinking Political Reform, Beyond Spending and Term Limits, exam…

Candice Nelson and Will Robinson discussed the Campaign Management Institute’s two-week program that students are participating in. After their introduction, Charlie Cook discussed the U.S. …

Mr. Tringali spoke about polling strategies for candidates for public office. He emphasized issues which are currently of concern to the public, including crime and health care, and focused …

Frederick Yang, a pollster at Peter Hart & Company, talked about how survey research fits into the political campaign context. He also presented a sample political poll and went through an a…