This list only includes federal/provincial/municipal campaigns, if I included student elections and OYL stuff that would add quite a few more.
2004 Paul Szabo federal Liberal re-election campaign, Mississauga South
2006 Paul Szabo federal Liberal re-election campaign, Mississauga South
2006 Stephane Dion federal Liberal leadership campaign
2007 Scott Bradley federal Liberal nomination, Ottawa Centre
2007 Charles Sousa provincial Liberal election campaign, Mississauga South
2007 Dave Caplan provincial Liberal re-election campaign, Don Valley East
2007 Yasir Naqvi provincial Liberal election campaign, Ottawa Centre
2008 Bob Rae federal Liberal by-election campaign, Toronto Centre
2008 Mark Garneau federal Liberal by-election campaign, Westmount-Ville Marie
2008 Frank Valeriote federal Liberal by-election campaign, Guelph
2008 Rob Oliphant federal Liberal by-election campaign, Guelph
2008 Penny Collenette federal Liberal election campaign, Ottawa Centre
2008 David McGuinty federal Liberal re-election campaign, Ottawa South
2008 David Pratt federal Liberal election campaign, Ottawa West-Nepean
2008 Mauril Belanger federal Liberal re-election campaign, Ottawa-Vanier
2008 Marc Godbout federal Liberal election campaign, Ottawa-Orleans
2008 Dan Boudria federal Liberal election campaign, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
2009 Julie Bourgeois federal Liberal nomination, Glengarry-Presscott-Russell
2009 Scott Bradley federal Liberal nomination, Ottawa Centre
2009 Greg Fergus federal Liberal nomination, Pontiac
2009 Eric Hoskins provincial Liberal by-election campaign, St. Paul’s
2010 Glen Murray provincial Liberal by-election campaign, Toronto Centre
2010 Bob Chiarelli provincial Liberal by-election campaign, Ottawa West-Nepean
2010 Jim Watson municipal election campaign, mayor of Ottawa
2010 George Smitherman municipal election campaign, mayor of Toronto
2010 Chris Tindal municipal election campaign, Ward 27 Toronto
2010 Anita Vandenbeld, federal Liberal nomination campaign, Ottawa West-Nepean
Showing posts with label campaign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label campaign. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, August 17, 2009
The importance of social media
As someone who was fairly involved with the Liberal social media campaign last election, this news article is particularly interesting:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8205081.stm
"Labour MP Kerry McCarthy has been given the job of improving the party's use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook ahead of the next election.
The Bristol East MP, recently named the most influential MP on Twitter, was appointed by Labour's general election co-ordinator Douglas Alexander.
She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet."
Social media is an every increasing part of the election process, and although the nature of Canadian politics and the parliamentary system I believe limit it's ability to be used in the same nature that the Obama campaign did (with 308 different campaigns going on at the same time, but with a heavy focus on the party leaders, I believe social media in Canadian politics works best as an outreach tool to current supporters, rather than a recruitment tool).
The Liberal Party is sadly trailing behind in terms of utilizing social media support. A quick glance at Facebook shows that both Harper and Layton currently have roughly 12,000 more supporters than Ignatieff on Facebook, and Iggy trails Harper and is barely ahead of Layton in terms of followers on Twitter.
I think the idea of having a distinct position dedicated to social media campaigning, particularly having someone as high profile as an MP serve in the position, demonstrates the importance of social media to modern campaigns. I believe the Liberal Party of Canada could learn from this. Also of note in the article is the innovative use of an issue-based Twitter feed, in this case being used to promote/defend the UK's national health service. The Liberals should learn from this example and perhaps have a twitter feed entirely devoted to the economy, for example. With the new Young Liberal website up and running soon, the Young Liberals can and should play a leadership role in helping the party conquer the social media field, and I will be doing my part.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8205081.stm
"Labour MP Kerry McCarthy has been given the job of improving the party's use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook ahead of the next election.
The Bristol East MP, recently named the most influential MP on Twitter, was appointed by Labour's general election co-ordinator Douglas Alexander.
She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet."
Social media is an every increasing part of the election process, and although the nature of Canadian politics and the parliamentary system I believe limit it's ability to be used in the same nature that the Obama campaign did (with 308 different campaigns going on at the same time, but with a heavy focus on the party leaders, I believe social media in Canadian politics works best as an outreach tool to current supporters, rather than a recruitment tool).
The Liberal Party is sadly trailing behind in terms of utilizing social media support. A quick glance at Facebook shows that both Harper and Layton currently have roughly 12,000 more supporters than Ignatieff on Facebook, and Iggy trails Harper and is barely ahead of Layton in terms of followers on Twitter.
I think the idea of having a distinct position dedicated to social media campaigning, particularly having someone as high profile as an MP serve in the position, demonstrates the importance of social media to modern campaigns. I believe the Liberal Party of Canada could learn from this. Also of note in the article is the innovative use of an issue-based Twitter feed, in this case being used to promote/defend the UK's national health service. The Liberals should learn from this example and perhaps have a twitter feed entirely devoted to the economy, for example. With the new Young Liberal website up and running soon, the Young Liberals can and should play a leadership role in helping the party conquer the social media field, and I will be doing my part.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Carbon Tax, Income Tax Cuts, and the need for Unity
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080508.wcarbon08/BNStory/National/home
I personally really welcome this move, it is a chance for Dion and the Liberals to take back the environmental card, and show Canadians that the Liberals are not afraid to be bold for the benefit of Canada.
The plan is certainly bold and new, and as such, Liberals need to close ranks behind Dion on this issue and support it. A perfect example of what not to do is in the G&M article:
“Just in the short time Dion has mused about a carbon tax, the Conservatives have already preframed the issue negatively in the media,” said a veteran Liberal strategist who opposes releasing the plan now.
“Imagine what they will do with the actual material in a sinking economy,” he says.
“The issue is Stephen Harper and there is a wealth of material to take him down. Instead, we pass that up to launch a summer of Dion. No wonder Liberal morale is so low.”
Whoever this "veteran Liberal strategist" is, they seem to be quite content on undermining the leader on a key platform plank. Liberals cannot allow divisions in the Party to be exploited. The issue only becomes a "tax grab" if we give the Conservatives room to allow them to portray it as that. Yes, the Conservatives have preframed it negatively. So we frame the Conservatives as a party afraid of the future, afraid of bold moves for the environment and progressive polices to move Canada forward in a time of economic difficulty. Imagine what they will do? We know what they will do, they will attack Dion and the Liberals as not having "leadership" to guide the economy in rough times. So what? We go right back and promote Dion and the Liberal team as having more experience, and better policies for the economy, while highlighting the failures of the Harper Conservatives on key portfolios.
The wealth of material? The wealth of material is nice, but we need flesh on bone, progressive policies, and this demonstrates it. The Harper Conservatives thought they had a wealth of material in 2004, and ran a campaign based on Paul Martin's and the Liberals weaknesses, without proposing real policies. In 2006, they had real policy proposals which were co-ordinated to be universal and control the narrative. The summer of Dion should be a summer of Liberal offensive moves, with the whole Liberal team touring Canada, promoting progressive ideas such as the carbon plan, and highlighting the benefits of Liberal plans. Real policies will raise morale, not more sniping and infighting.
I personally really welcome this move, it is a chance for Dion and the Liberals to take back the environmental card, and show Canadians that the Liberals are not afraid to be bold for the benefit of Canada.
The plan is certainly bold and new, and as such, Liberals need to close ranks behind Dion on this issue and support it. A perfect example of what not to do is in the G&M article:
“Just in the short time Dion has mused about a carbon tax, the Conservatives have already preframed the issue negatively in the media,” said a veteran Liberal strategist who opposes releasing the plan now.
“Imagine what they will do with the actual material in a sinking economy,” he says.
“The issue is Stephen Harper and there is a wealth of material to take him down. Instead, we pass that up to launch a summer of Dion. No wonder Liberal morale is so low.”
Whoever this "veteran Liberal strategist" is, they seem to be quite content on undermining the leader on a key platform plank. Liberals cannot allow divisions in the Party to be exploited. The issue only becomes a "tax grab" if we give the Conservatives room to allow them to portray it as that. Yes, the Conservatives have preframed it negatively. So we frame the Conservatives as a party afraid of the future, afraid of bold moves for the environment and progressive polices to move Canada forward in a time of economic difficulty. Imagine what they will do? We know what they will do, they will attack Dion and the Liberals as not having "leadership" to guide the economy in rough times. So what? We go right back and promote Dion and the Liberal team as having more experience, and better policies for the economy, while highlighting the failures of the Harper Conservatives on key portfolios.
The wealth of material? The wealth of material is nice, but we need flesh on bone, progressive policies, and this demonstrates it. The Harper Conservatives thought they had a wealth of material in 2004, and ran a campaign based on Paul Martin's and the Liberals weaknesses, without proposing real policies. In 2006, they had real policy proposals which were co-ordinated to be universal and control the narrative. The summer of Dion should be a summer of Liberal offensive moves, with the whole Liberal team touring Canada, promoting progressive ideas such as the carbon plan, and highlighting the benefits of Liberal plans. Real policies will raise morale, not more sniping and infighting.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)