What Political Campaigns Should Be Doing After Memorial Day
Political campaigns should treat Memorial Day as the unofficial beginning of the stretch run. For a lot of campaigns, this is the point where things either start getting serious or start falling behind. Summer moves fast.Voters get harder to reach.And before long, every campaign in the country is trying to talk to the exact same […]
Voter Contact Strategy for Primary Campaigns: Stop Calling the Wrong Voters
Primary campaigns create a different challenge than general elections. Smaller voter universes, lower turnout, and tighter budgets leave less room for mistakes. That is why a strong voter contact strategy for primary campaigns matters. Many campaigns focus on making more calls. However, volume alone does not win elections. Smart campaigns focus on reaching the right […]
Why Patch Through Calls Work for Public Affairs Campaigns
Patch through calls work because they turn complicated public affairs issues into real constituent action. A lot of advocacy campaigns assume voters already understand the issue. Most don’t. That’s the problem. Too many organizations rely on: Meanwhile, lawmakers are paying attention to something much simpler: constituent pressure. That’s why patch through calls continue to work. […]
Campaign Voter Contact Strategies That Still Work in 2026
Despite all the noise about spam filters, iOS updates, and changing voter behavior, campaign voter contact still works. During CampaignHQ’s recent webinar, The CHQ Playbook: From Dials to Votes – What Actually Works, the team broke down the campaign voter contact strategies helping campaigns identify supporters, persuade undecided voters, and turn out voters in competitive […]
CampaignHQ Welcomes Nick Elliott as VP of Strategic Growth
Nick Elliott CampaignHQ Vice President of Strategic Growth was recently announced Nick has spent the last decade working with campaigns and organizations across the U.S. and Europe, helping clients navigate fast-moving political environments where timelines are short and expectations are high. Most recently, Nick worked at L2 Political and before that at RumbleUp, giving him […]
How to Win a Primary Election in 2026
How to win a primary election in 2026 isn’t about doing more, it’s about doing what actually works. Early May primaries are coming fast and if you’re still debating messaging tweaks while assuming voters are hearing you… that’s a problem. Because what we’re seeing so far in 2026 is pretty simple: Campaigns aren’t losing because […]
After 25+ Years in Politics, Here’s What Still Works
What 25+ Years in Politics Taught Me About Reaching Voters Voter contact strategy has changed a lot over the last 25+ years, but one thing hasn’t: campaigns still win when they find effective ways to talk to real people. Nicole Schlinger recently sat down with the Leadership Institute’s What Do You Do? podcast to talk […]
Stop Guessing Your Turnout. How Campaigns Are Using Phones to Win Primaries
Voter contact for primary campaigns can’t be based on guesswork this cycle. If you’re heading into a spring or early summer primary, you’ve probably felt it already. Things are a little…off. Races that should be stable aren’t and outcomes are getting harder to predict. In low-turnout environments, it doesn’t take much to swing a result […]
Live Ringless Voicemail for Campaigns: Reaching Voters When Other Channels Fail
Campaigns spend a lot of time thinking about what to say. Not enough time thinking about whether anyone will actually hear it. That’s where live ringless voicemail for campaigns gives you a different path. A real human voice, delivered directly to a voter’s phone, that shows up front and center and is hard to ignore. […]
Telephone Townhalls for Campaigns: Solving the Down-Ballot Name ID Problem
Most down-ballot campaigns don’t have a turnout problem, they have an undervoting problem. Voters don’t just ignore these races. They skip them entirely. That’s where telephone townhalls for campaigns come in. They give candidates a way to reach voters directly, explain the role, and actually engage people who would otherwise move right past the race. […]