Three reasons for conservative online organization
By Drew McKissick
Given that politics is all about people, it’s a natural fit for the Internet and online social networks. In many ways the Internet is the ultimate “precinct” in America’s politics, in that everyone “lives” there. The overwhelming majority of registered voters have online access, and huge (and increasing) percentages of them regularly access political information…
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Go on Offense for More Effective Political Messaging
By Drew McKissick
Whether you like it or not, in politics, the aggressor usually shapes the debate. This means that, in terms of political messaging, it’s best to be on offense so that you can advance your agenda on your own terms and on your own schedule. The reverse scenario is that you get blindsided and are forced…
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Political List Building for Success
By Drew McKissick
In most any serious political endeavor, one of the first things that you (and those working with you) need to do is to start making lists. Whether you’re just a budding activist with a burr in your britches about something, or a potential candidate for office, you won’t have much success without knowing who could…
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Local Lobbying (or How to Fight City Hall)
By Drew McKissick
Have a problem with local government? You’re not the first and you certainly won’t be the last. But what can you do about it? That’s where local lobbying comes in. Keep in mind that there are some key differences between lobbying for local change, versus at the state or national levels. And there are some…
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Tips on Candidate Recruitment
By Drew McKissick
As Ronald Reagan once said, “Personnel is policy”. The public policies we have (and tend to complain about) are the direct result of “who” gets to make them. That means that if you want to change public policy, the best way to do it is by changing the people who are making it. And that…
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Political Parties: How to Get Involved
By Drew McKissick
As I’ve mentioned before, getting involved in a political party is one of the best ways to have an impact on the things you care about. And for conservatives, that means getting involved in the GOP. However, many people don’t get involved simply because they don’t know much about it, and a lack of information…
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Basic Grassroots Lobbying
By Drew McKissick
No matter how involved you may become in the political process, every citizen – in the serious sense of that word – should know how to lobby their government. (Don’t forget that it IS a Constitutional right, after all) And that means grassroots lobbying! Knowing how to effectively lobby – and actually doing so –…
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How to Frame the Debate
By Drew McKissick
Have you ever noticed in the Bible that, whenever he was accused or interrogated by his opponents, Christ almost always answered them with a question? When it comes to political debate, there’s a lot to learn from that example. It’s a way of “framing the debate”, which helps you strategically present issues in terms that…
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Know the Facts Before You Lobby
By Drew McKissick
Do you know everything that you need to know about what you’re trying to have an impact on? Before you set out to have an impact on any particular issue it helps to have more than just a thumb-nail view of the facts in order to be able to make a case for what you…
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The Importance of Political Confrontation
By Drew McKissick
Most people hate confrontation. But given that “politics is people”, (and about people agreeing and disagreeing), effective political participation is almost certain to involve some sort of confrontation at some point. Most people tend to want to “get along”, (or “play nice”, as your mother probably told you), and that’s admirable in pretty much every…
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