Campaign Trend Podcast
The Campaign Trend Podcast brings you into conversation with professionals who drive the business of Politics.
Hosted by Eric Wilson, Executive Director of the Center for Campaign Innovation.
Visit CampaignTrend.com/podcast for more.
Episodes
133 episodes
The State of Digital Fundraising – Mike Hahn (Frontline Strategies)
Mike Hahn is the President of Digital Strategy & Operations at Frontline Strategies. In the 2022 cycle he was the Deputy Digital Director at the NRSC and is an alum of the Trump 2...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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25:16
Calling Races On Election Night – Scott Tranter (Decision Desk HQ)
Scott Tranter is Director of Data Science at Decision Desk HQ, the only provider of real-time election results, race calls, and data to cover US elections fro...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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19:43
How To Build An Election Forecast – Chaz Nuttycombe
Chaz Nuttycombe is director of CNalysis, an election forecasting website and is the first-ever American election outlet that created forecasts for state legis...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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27:19
An Election Month Strategy Shift – Chris Faulkner (Majority Strategies)
Chris Faulkner who is a Senior National Strategist at Majority Strategies, one of the biggest consulting firms in the political ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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24:36
Adapting To A Wild Election Cycle – Jessica Anderson (Sentinel Action Fund)
Jessica Anderson is President of the Sentinel Action Fund, the only conservative Super PAC with a year-round ground game c...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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27:02
Platform Politics – Katie Harbath (Duco Experts)
Katie Harbath is Chief Global Affairs Officer at Duco Experts. From 2011 to 2021, Katie was the Public Policy Director at Facebook where...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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26:31
The Possibilities Of Virtual Production – Matthew Mazzone (Ascent Media)
Our guest today is Matthew Mazzone a partner at Ascent Media Agency where he leads large scale branding and marketing campaigns. Before ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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21:17
Audio Diary: Meet Campaign Trend
Enjoy a brief explanation of the thought process and decision making behind this podcast's rebrand. Become a Campaign Trend Insider to support the podcast and get exclusive content: https://campaigntrend.com/join
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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10:06
Announcement – Introducing Campaign Trend
The next time an episode hits your feed, the show will have a new name – the Campaign Trend Podcast. Campaign Trend is a journal at the frontier of political campaigning and the new home for all of the campaign-related content I create – includ...
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Season 1
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Episode 122
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1:47
The Referee Of Political Campaigns – Sean Cooksey (FEC)
Sean Cooksey is Chairman of the Federal Election Commission. The FEC sets the regulations for campaigning at the federal level. To put it bluntly, the busin...
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Season 1
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Episode 121
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24:08
How To Be A Political Commentator – Doug Heye
Our guest today is Doug Heye, a strategic communications advisor and political commentator. Doug was the communications director for the Republican National Committee during the 2010 election cycle and on Capitol Hill was Deputy Chief of Staff ...
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Season 1
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Episode 120
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27:12
Insights From The EU Parliament Elections – Armin Petschner-Multari (The Republic)
Armin Petschner-Multari is a digital campaign expert based in Berlin. He is the founder of The Republic, a think tank promoting center-right policies in Ge...
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Season 1
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Episode 119
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23:47
From Employee #1 To Owner – Daria Grastara (Direct Persuasion)
Daria Grastara is CEO of Direct Persuasion, a performance marketing and persuasion advertising agency serving Republican campaigns and i...
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Season 1
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Episode 118
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24:44
Using Email Authentication To Boost Deliverability – Seth Blank (Valimail)
Seth Blank is the Chief Technology Officer at Valimail, a leading provider of email authentication and anti-impersonation solutions. Seth is also co-ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 117
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22:42
How The GOP Became The Anti-Tax Party – Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform)
Our guest today is Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform. Since 1985, Grover and ATR have been a fixture of Republican polit...
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Season 1
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Episode 116
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23:21
Stacking Content To Beat Media Fragmentation – Zack Roday (Ascent Media)
Our guest today is Zack Roday, Partner at Ascent Media, he’s been a communicator on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail for many years, includin...
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Season 1
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Episode 115
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25:27
Convincing Someone To Run For Senate – Jason Thielman (NRSC)
Our guest is Jason Thielman, Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, where he is tasked with leading the GOP’s efforts to elect more senators ...
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Season 1
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Episode 114
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23:56
Inside A Modern Campaign Ground Game – Jon Seaton (Camelback Strategy Group)
Today, we’re talking with Jon Seaton, Managing Partner of Camelback Strategy Group, a full-service political consulting and publ...
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Season 1
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Episode 113
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20:31
Experimentation Makes TV Ads More Effective – David Broockman (UC Berkeley)
David Broockman is an associate professor of political science at UC Berkeley. He is the co-author of a study pu...
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Season 1
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Episode 112
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27:37
How Campaigns Can Tap into the Creator Economy – Kurt Luidhardt (Prosper Group)
Our guest today is Kurt Luidhardt, co-founder of the Prosper Group, one of the leading digital strategy firms for Republicans. Kurt ...
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Season 1
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Episode 111
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24:02
The Origin of Dimpled Chads – Patrick Wohl (Down Ballot)
Our guest is Patrick Wohl, author of the new book Down Ballot: How A Local Campaign Became a national referendum on abortion....
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Season 1
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Episode 110
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26:25
Key Takeaways From Virginia's 2023 Elections – Survey Webinar
Today we’re sharing the audio from a recent webinar hosted by the Center for Campaign Innovation discussing the 2023 Virginia Post Election Survey they did with the State Government Leadership Foundation. The full survey, including the slides r...
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Season 1
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Episode 109
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45:52
Rules Of The Road For AI In Political Ads – Scott Brennen (University of North Carolina)
Our guest today is Scott Brennen, head of online expression policy at the University of North Carolina’s Center on Technology Policy. He and h...
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Season 1
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Episode 108
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25:05
A TikTok-fueled Victory In New Zealand – Sean Topham (Topham Guerin)
Today we’re joined by Sean Topham, co-founder of Topham Guerin, a global creative and digital agency. Sean and his team have work...
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Season 1
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Episode 107
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30:31
2023 Year In Review: Digital, Tech & Politics
On this episode, we’re taking a look back at the stories that shaped the world of digital politics in 2023 and are setting the trends as we head into 2024. These are the stories I drew from Learn Test Optimize, my weekly newsletter on all thing...
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Season 1
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Episode 106
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30:04