The 2012 U.S. presidential election was a watershed step towards more sophisticated data - driven analyses of voters and
electoral strategy more generally.
Not exact matches
In an interview, Katz said the focus on the subway was about
more than just
electoral strategy (voters in the Democratic primary are concentrated downstate).
If we are to not only win the next election, but ensure a sustained period of
electoral success, then a
more medium term
strategy is also needed, in addition to the current focus on today's target seats.
Ed Miliband was told by one of his MPs to «get out
more» as his
electoral strategy was condemned as suicidal.
All very mid-1992 when following a fourth
electoral defeat, the best that many senior leaders of the party had to offer by way of
strategy was «one
more heave.»
It certainly didn't stop Farage contesting the Buckingham constituency in 2010, with a performance
more memorable for his
strategy of visiting every pub there and for his polling day plane crash than for its
electoral outcome (third behind commons speaker John Bercow and a local independent candidate).
Presumably Simon was also feeling emotional when he said that Miliband needed to «get out
more» and condemned his
electoral strategy as suicidal.
The downside is the lack of
electoral self - confidence at the very top of the party in their own
strategy to win, somewhat contrasting with the
more bullish mood of campaign staffers and activists.