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Thomas Jefferson and Early American Political Campaigns
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
There was pressure on Thomas Jefferson to put together a political campaign and run for a third term as president when the election of 1808 drew closer. He was the clear leader of his party: ...
Early Political Party Organizations and Political Campaigns
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
In 1819, a year before the political campaign that would elect a new president, the Missouri Territory petitioned to join the Union as a state. At the time, America was evenly split into states that ...
Democratic Political Campaigning following Thomas Jefferson
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
The party founded by Thomas Jefferson had first come to power claiming itself as the "party of the people" during the political campaign. The presidents who had been elected by this party, however, owed perhaps ...
Early Democratic Political Campaigns and Conventions
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
In 1936, the Democratic Party again gathered in Baltimore for their presidential political campaign convention. Vice President Martin Van Buren, the man who had masterminded Andrew Jackson's campaign, was the party's choice for president. Richard ...
Political Campaign Evolution in the Early Democratic Party
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
The Democratic Party had been shaped by President Martin Van Buren but was transformed by events in the nation and by Andrew Jackson's popularity with the voters. Whereas once congressional caucuses had played a key ...
Political Campaign Debate in the Nineteenth Century
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
By the middle of the nineteenth century, slavery was emerging as an issue of increasing political campaign focus. The question about whether or not it should be permitted was nothing new to political debate, but, ...
Qualifying to be a Political Campaign Candidate
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
The official qualifications top run a campaign for political office are usually pretty simple. In this democratic country that encourages public participation in government, it is not hard to meet the official qualifications for most ...
How to Run a Great Political Campaign for Elected Office
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
If you're running a campaign as a candidate in a political election, there's a philosophical reason why you should really begin by looking up the qualifications and duties of the office you're seeking. If you ...
Political Campaign Message in Local Elections
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
When trying to decide which political office you want to run for, think of your eventual campaign message. You'll want to make sure that you go for the office you are good at. Some public ...
Running for Office and Analyzing Voters in Your Election
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
Sometimes it's hard to tell exactly how many votes you might need to win your political race, even if you do have the campaign finance tools in place to raise a lot of money. Your ...
Campaign Strategy to Win Your Political Election
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
Getting good, solid statistics from the last few election campaign results in the race you plan on running in lets you determine a lot of information that will help you win at the polls. With ...
How to be a Winner in an Election Campaign for Political Office
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
If you're considering the possibility of starting a campaign to run for political office, you might think that the first place to start is with researching local election statistics or putting together a donor list. ...
Effective Campaign Management for New Political Candidates
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
If you've made the decision to be a political candidate in a local election, then you've probably asked yourself how to campaign in an effective way in spite of the fact that you've never run ...
Running as a Political Candidate Against Incumbent Politicians
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
If you're a new candidate running a political campaign for office against an incumbent, you might realize something while you are pouring over past election statistics and voter lists: that your opponent is a politician ...
How to Campaign Ethically for Office and Win Your Election
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
Unethical stuff from opposing parties when you're trying to get your name on the ballot in a campaign race doesn't go on everywhere. The State of Kentucky, admirably, has done away with some campaign registration ...
Political Campaign Election Laws and Circulating Petitions
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
Once your nominating petition for becoming a candidate in a race has been properly filled out, it is time to give it to a circulator who gets people to sign it. Sometimes the candidate can ...
Political Campaigning and Election Petitions
By Jack Sterling · 14 years ago
All of your political campaign petitions have to be filled out by a certain date before voters cast their ballots in the election, which may be weeks or even months before the actual election day. ...