Influencing Public Opinion

Posted by admin 10 September, 2009 As Advocacy Techniques, Digital Politics Podcast, The Power of Social Networks, Who's Who (0) Comment

Guest this week on the Digital Politics podcast was Paul Goodwin, partner, Goodwin Simon Strategic Research talking about rapid response and how candidates and advocates can influence public opinion.  We also talk about President Obama’s speech last night on health care reform and the rapid response from all interested parties.

Paul points out that there are many more ways for people to get information which might influence their opinions, which makes it increasingly hard to respond to myths and untruths.   He also suggests that social nets are a proxy for the old face-2-face techniques candidates used in the past.

Listen to this thoughtful discussion.

 

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President Obama’s Speech to Congress Inspires All Political Parties

Posted by admin 27 February, 2009 As Digital Politics Podcast (0) Comment

On my podcast this week, I talked with Glenn Kessler, president of HCD Research, about his national study of self-described Democrats, Republicans and Independents surveyed pre and post President Obama’s speech to Congress this week.  I was surprised to see so many Independents influenced positively about the President. Based on similar research, Glenn was shocked at the number of Republicans who shifted in their sense of the effectiveness of the President to handle the economy, education and the environment.  Listen to the interview and check out the data at Media Curves.

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