Scott Detrow

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'Bill Wants To Meet You': Why Political Fundraising Emails Work

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Online habits may be shifting to social media, but email is still the be-all and end-all for grass-roots political fundraising. Get ready for your inbox to be flooded.

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Paris Attacks Bring Domestic Surveillance Into Presidential Race

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

The candidates have mostly stayed away from discussing the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. That's quickly changing.

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Would More Dinner and Golf Solve Washington's Problems? Ray LaHood Thinks So

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is really, really into bipartisanship. So much so that the word appears more than 100 times in his new book, If that doesn't hammer home the point, just glance at the title: Seeking Bipartisanship.

The former Illinois Congressman, one of two Republicans in President Obama's ...

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Man At Clinton Town Hall Says He Wants To 'Strangle' Fiorina

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

This story was updated at 10:00 p.m. ET

Listening to a man say he wanted to "strangle" Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina at a New Hampshire campaign event Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laughed, made a joke — and did not say anything to distance herself from the ...

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Another Dad Joins Facebook — President Obama

Monday, November 09, 2015

"Hello, Facebook! I finally got my very own page."

That's the top of the first post written by one of Facebook's newest users — a man who identifies himself as a "dad, husband," and, oh yeah, "44th President of the United States."

President Obama finally has his very own Facebook ...

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Cruz's Crew: You Play The Game, But It's The Cruz Campaign That Scores

Monday, November 09, 2015

Ted Cruz's campaign is hoping its app motivates supporters to volunteer and donate as well as turn over personal information.

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Ben Carson Pushes Back On Questions About His West Point Story

Friday, November 06, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he never applied to West Point, even though in his 1990s autobiography, Gifted Hands, he wrote that he had been offered a "full scholarship" to the prestigious military academy.

Here's a key passage from Carson's book:

"Later I was offered a full scholarship ...

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GOP Debate Frustrations Seep Into Iowa Event

Sunday, November 01, 2015

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Like It Or Not, Political Campaigns Are Using Facebook To Target You

Monday, October 26, 2015

If you're seeing a political ad in your Facebook feed, there's probably a very specific reason that candidate is interested in you.

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Donald Trump, Retweetin' Like It's 2008 — But How?

Sunday, October 25, 2015

If there's anything more central to Iowa's identity than its first-in-the-nation presidential caucus, it's probably corn. So, insulting both in a single tweet is a pretty serious offense for a presidential candidate.

Serious enough, it seems, to get Donald Trump to concede the closest thing to an apology that he ...

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Whose Supporters Like Cheap Flights, 'The Daily Show' And Fracking?

Monday, October 19, 2015

Online marketers know an awful lot about the shopping preferences of supporters of various Democratic presidential hopefuls.

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'Dumbass' Or Not, Rand Paul's Live Stream May Be The Future Of Campaigning

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Rand Paul might have tired with a daylong Internet broadcast from the trail, but his campaign says it was a success.

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The 2-Minute Facebook Hack To Avoid Getting Bombarded By Politicians

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Want to follow what the presidential candidates are saying on Facebook, but not quite ready to turn over your news feed to pleas for money, stilted memes and behind-the-scenes pics from Iowa and New Hampshire?

Interested in hearing more from, say, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but a little hesitant ...

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Gallup Says Goodbye To The 2016 Horse Race

Wednesday, October 07, 2015

One of the brand names of American polling, Gallup, is letting the 2016 horse race simply gallop on by.

After a 2012 election in which the storied organization was further off than other polls, it has decided it won't conduct any head-to-head polling in the presidential primary or general election. ...

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Inside The Message Machine That Could Make Politicians More Persuasive

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

A political scientist identified optimally persuasive terms that make people more inclined to support the health care act. He says the tool could someday make it easier to sharpen political messages.

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Hear How Energy Policy Helps Bush Put The ! In Jeb!

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's energy levels have been an ongoing topic of conversation during the presidential campaign — probably much more than Bush would prefer.

Rival Donald Trump has repeatedly needled Bush for bringing a "low energy" to the campaign trail, even posting a fake advertisement on Instragram ...

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'Protected Intersection' For Bikes Opens In Salt Lake City

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

“Protected intersections,” designed to prevent car-bicycle collisions, have long existed in the Netherlands, but they are just catching on in the U.S.

After a former video game maker in Oregon created a video (below) explaining the design, one was recently built in Davis, California, and another in Salt Lake City, ...

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What Edward Snowden On Twitter Could Mean For The Presidential Race

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Twitter's newest high-profile user just might push the issue of domestic surveillance back into the presidential campaign's conversation.

Edward Snowden sent his first-ever tweet at noon on Tuesday, asking, "Can you hear me now?"

One Republican candidate clearly did. Within the hour, former New York Gov. George Pataki had retweeted ...

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Lucky Guy? Kevin McCarthy Once Won The Lottery. Now He Might Be Speaker

Monday, September 28, 2015

Following Speaker John Boehner's decision to resign, the House majority leader quickly became a front-runner to replace him. McCarthy has already gone far in Congress relatively quickly.

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Yes, People Are Placing Bets On Politics. Here's How

Friday, September 18, 2015

When Donald Trump attacked Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., early in Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate, the crowd at Washington D.C.'s Union Pub roared.

"Yeah! Boom!" yelled one guy in the packed crowd, as Trump said he "never attacked [Paul] on his looks, and believe me, there's plenty of subject matter ...

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