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Alex Smith Articles

Work in progress

Labour’s ‘word of mouth’ strategy encouraged activists to organise online in order to mobilise offline, though it was ‘not the internet election’

Labour is winning the online battle

The Tories’ web presence may get good press, but it is Labour’s online strategy that is really working

Campaign strategy and lessons from America

Learning audacity: what Labour strategists can learn from Obama campaign manager David Plouffe

Hold the eulogies

Obama’s naysayers should hold off writing his political obituary

Labour is winning the online battle

Apr 12, 2010 | Articles, Section: Progress Magazine

In any high stakes vocation there is always going to be an element of tit-for-tat brinkmanship, and politics - with...

Campaign strategy and lessons from America

Feb 18, 2010 | Articles, Section: Article

More people voted for Barack Obama than any other candidate in American history and more money was raised by his...

Hold the eulogies

Nov 4, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

A year ago tonight, I was in Grant Park, Chicago. Through tears, I watched as Barack Obama pledged to speak for ‘young...

No exit

Sep 1, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

Recently Sunny Hundal wrote on the Liberal Conspiracy website that there is a ‘strategic reason for not...

400 days

Mar 25, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

400 days ago, Barack Obama celebrated his marginal Super Tuesday victory by proclaiming “we are the ones...

Lessons learnt

Jan 19, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

Last week, I gave a short presentation to my local Labour party about my time volunteering on the Obama campaign over...