Sentences with phrase «grassroots campaigning in»

KINDERHOOK, NY... October 14, 2016 — John Faso, who has been running a substantive grassroots campaign in his bid for the 19th Congressional District, picked apart his opponent's policies, platforms and phony claims during a live one - hour debate at WMHT's studio in Troy, N.Y.

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KINDERHOOK, NY... September 15, 2016 — John Faso, who has been running a grassroots campaign in his bid for the 19th Congressional District, distinguished himself and delivered a series of blows to his opponent in their first one - on - one debate today.

Of course, doing a grassroot campaign in a state with 19 million people is a real task.

Members of the Riders Alliance and Community Service Society, an organization that advocates for low - income New Yorkers, announced on Monday a weeklong grassroots campaign in an effort to secure half - priced MetroCards for those living in poverty.

In addition to its efforts to change the film's rating, which caught press attention, the company has been using both traditional media buys and a grassroots campaign in the lead - up to 3 Generations» release this weekend.

Jennifer Aniston (Cake) has had an excellent run of precursors (all but BAFTA, for which it was ineligible) and one of the best grassroots campaigns in decades.

Local teacher and activist, Martha Brown, has started a grassroots campaign in Tulsa to help Oklahoma adopt such a policy.

Not exact matches

«As the hottest year in history comes to a close, the success of the global fossil fuel divestment movement is undeniable,» said May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, the grassroots climate organisation that has played a leading role in the campaign.

Nevertheless, Petersen thinks his unique style and grassroots campaign are an advantage in an upcoming election cycle that has already seen incumbents ousted, such Roy Moore's upset over Luther Strange in the primary for Alabama's special Senate election.

It's a chance for us to prove how we're different from any campaign in politics: We rely on ordinary Americans giving what they can — one grassroots donation at a time.

A growing number of grassroots organizations and social media campaigns are raising awareness about the roughly one in five Americans who will be affected by a mental health condition in their lifetime.

To that end, the YEC has led various public campaigns to improve access to and policy around entrepreneurship, from the FixYoungAmerica grassroots campaign to the Youth Entrepreneurship Act and, more recently, the launch of BusinessCollective, a virtual mentorship program (in partnership with Citi) that helps millions of aspiring and current entrepreneurs launch and grow new businesses.

In an interview with the Guardian last month, Cruz said his funding and outreach apparatus «is very much the Obama model — a data - driven, grassroots - driven campaign — and it is a reason why our campaign is steadily gathering strength».

«If people begin to be turned off by Trump, the Cruz campaign will probably have a better strategic understanding of the implications and how to capitalize upon them,» said Bud Jackson, a Democratic specialist in digital grassroots campaigning, when asked to review the relationships.

The way I got into marketing in the first place was out of a desire to make the world better — my original training was in doing marketing for various grassroots social change and environmental campaigns.

In launching his campaign Tuesday, he turned to those tools again to stress what will be a key theme in his campaign — the need to reach out and empower the party's grassroots and bring in new voterIn launching his campaign Tuesday, he turned to those tools again to stress what will be a key theme in his campaign — the need to reach out and empower the party's grassroots and bring in new voterin his campaign — the need to reach out and empower the party's grassroots and bring in new voterin new voters.

It is a grassroots campaign of education, action, and community building observed each year between 30 January and 4 April in a growing number of cities worldwide.

In Obergefell, Kennedy's claim was that although historically the interpretation of a fundamental right to marry has not included same - sex couples, the «referenda, legislative debates, and grassroots campaigns; studies and other writings; and extensive litigation in state and federal courts» has led to an «enhanced understanding» of how the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment contain a right for same - sex couples to marry that was really there all along, though until now unseeIn Obergefell, Kennedy's claim was that although historically the interpretation of a fundamental right to marry has not included same - sex couples, the «referenda, legislative debates, and grassroots campaigns; studies and other writings; and extensive litigation in state and federal courts» has led to an «enhanced understanding» of how the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment contain a right for same - sex couples to marry that was really there all along, though until now unseein state and federal courts» has led to an «enhanced understanding» of how the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment contain a right for same - sex couples to marry that was really there all along, though until now unseen.

«She is a seasoned public affairs professional with extensive experience in local, state and federal affairs, having successfully led numerous advocacy campaigns in the grassroots, political and legislative realms.

In partnership with the Club, the Blues» Main Club Sponsor SportPesa has launched «Kits For Africa», a kit donation campaign to support underprivileged grassroots football teams across the African continent.

In her capacity as Legislative Chair for the Wisconsin Guild of Midwives, she co-led a statewide, bi-partisan grassroots campaign to successfully pass a CPM licensure bill into law in 200In her capacity as Legislative Chair for the Wisconsin Guild of Midwives, she co-led a statewide, bi-partisan grassroots campaign to successfully pass a CPM licensure bill into law in 200in 2006.

As Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMs.

Also in support of Farm to School, Slow Food USA launched a Time for Lunch campaign yesterday, to organize a national day of action on September 7 with grassroots Eat - Ins around the country, reminiscent of their monumentally successful event in San Francisco last year.

He has no grassroots fundraising operation, he's allergic to data - driven decision - making, and even his campaign's basic functions seem mired in chaos.

American political campaigners use the term «astroturfing» to describe campaigns that are created to look like spontaneous grassroots protests but that are in fact highly orchestrated, usually with significant financial backing.

Look for him to ignore targeting and grassroots outreach in favor of ginning up coverage on cable news, and despite the RNC's pledge to spend heavily on digital advertising between now and November, his campaign won't take advantage most of the online options that internet political professionals now take for granted.

«But in the meantime, I remain certain that Matt will win with a grassroots field campaign focused on voters of the 99 %, and I will continue on in my support of Matt's efforts to reform the system and win.»

On December 1st, the New Organizing Institute and the Center for American Progress hosted a discussion among four participants in campaign 2006: Benjamin Rahn from ActBlue, Megan Matson from Mainstreet Moms Organize or Bust (a grassroots group), Tom Matzzie from MoveOn and Jessica Vanden Berg, Jim Webb's campaign manager.

In both the book and the call, Plouffe described online technology as one of the core non-candidate reasons they were able to win, and as inseparable from the grassroots army they relied on from the beginning of the campaign all the way through election day.

We've already looked at the campaign's grassroots - organizing model, which required a tremendous investment in time from — and an immense amount of trust in — volunteer team members and their recruits, but the Obamans ventured out onto plenty of other ground on which political campaigns normally fear to tread.

In October of 2016, most campaign analysts agreed with the Clinton campaign that those two states were already in her bag, despite warning signs from the Democratic primary and pleas for help from grassroots organizers before Election DaIn October of 2016, most campaign analysts agreed with the Clinton campaign that those two states were already in her bag, despite warning signs from the Democratic primary and pleas for help from grassroots organizers before Election Dain her bag, despite warning signs from the Democratic primary and pleas for help from grassroots organizers before Election Day.

His large - scale Facebook outreach reached voters in groups large and small in critical areas of the country, and the bulk of the campaign's late funding came through grassroots donors identified and recruited via Facebook ads (even if they often gave the money in response to a subsequent email appeal).

More from members of the Obama campaign staff on the structure of the new media team, the importance of good content (particularly video) and the use of grassroots data in allocating resources in real - time.

We've been talking about the potential of Obama's rebuilt grassroots field operation here for a year, and now we're seeing some of its first fruits: just as in 2008, the data his field teams collect gives his campaign a much clearer picture of what's happening on the ground than his opponents, helping his team make strategic choices about how to allocate resources (of course, always assuming that the data is accurate!).

To that end, campaigns often make it very clear where money is going, for instance raising funds for a particular stated task such as running TV ads or supporting grassroots organizing in a defined area.

Check out Ari Melber's new analysis of Organizing For America, the successor to the Obama campaign's grassroots list, published over at tPrez and produced in association with Personal Democracy Forum.

«In today's current political climate, when the average wealth of a member of Congress is $ 1 million, we are showing that a grassroots campaign focused on low - dollar and local support, can keep the doors to the halls of government open to those who can't write them selves a large check or rely on large corporate donations.»

As we've talked about before, grassroots field organizing hasn't been in the Republican establishment's blood in the past couple of election cycles (the Tea Party folks have had a monopoly on that aspect of campaigning on the Right).

For instance, the grassroots / field team had staff working at desks in the new media section at the same time that the new media team had staff working at desks in grassroots / field offices — reflecting a drive throughout the campaign to break down the barriers that usually exist between competing elements of a political campaign.

For insight into the shape of the Obama grassroots turnout machine that Republicans will have to counter in the Fall, look no further than the campaign's January income / expense filing.

They reported the results of their outreach work through a comprehensive grassroots data collection system, in turn giving the leadership priceless data about how the campaign was playing out at a neighborhood level.

Some of us in the online politics space have wondered what Obama 2012 would roll out to replace 2008's MyBarackObama.com, and now we know: the Wall Street Journal has the scoop on the campaign's new «Dashboard» grassroots organizing tool.

«Over the last few months we've seen a surge in low - dollar contributions, as more and more of my neighbors here in the Hudson Valley and Catskills join us for stops along our 163 town Rhodes Trip and want to chip in to help keep fueling the Winnebago and support our growing grassroots campaign,» Rhodes said.

According to the paper, excerpts of the report also recommended that any future presidential nominee of the NDC must work in tandem with the party structures by bringing on board national and regional executives, polling agents and those at the grassroots to help in campaigning.

One answer is simple exhaustion: Obama's grassroots volunteers and donors put so much work into his campaign in 2007 and 2008 that they're burned out.

I'm endorsing Gareth Rhodes for Congress because Gareth has the energy, enthusiasm, and is running the grassroots type of campaign that can win here in NY - 19,» she said.

Of course, you still need the right candidates and the right messages, but this new grassroots emphasis is a promising change from the brain - dead TV - buying - by - the - numbers strategy we saw from Crossroads GPS, the Romney campaign and so many other groups on the Right in 2012.

Both are labor intensive, since it takes a sizable staff to crank out messages and organize canvassers, meaning that grassroots - powered campaigns by their nature generate trained staff and volunteers in droves.

In some ways, the this year's Republican grassroots campaign is like a modern field operation seen through a glass, darkly: the outlines are there, but the vision is blurred and it can't help but fall short on the details.