Fundraising, Endorsements & Surrogates – Tuesday, October 25th (Blog #8)

How important are fundraising, endorsements, and surrogates in modern campaigns? What strategies has your Election Eve Project candidate used to raise money and how effective have they been? Finally, what role have endorsements and surrogates played in your candidate’s campaign? To support your response, you can use either of the Daily Schedule readings for this week (Semiatin Ch. 2 or Ch. 8) along with one of the articles posted on Blackboard and a third article you find on your own.

Advertising – Tuesday, October 18th (Blog #7)

What types of ads are your candidates running? Are they more positive or negative in tone, and how do they compare to ads in previous campaigns? Based on the categories outlined in the Tedesco & Dunn article “Political Advertising in the 2020 Presidential Campaign” (posted on Blackboard), offer examples of at least three different types of ads from your Election Eve Project candidate and compare them to three similar historical ads that can be found on the website "The Living Room Candidate". Your candidate ads will count as your outside sources for this week.

Debates – Tuesday, October 11th (Blog #6)

Imagine you are the debate coach hired by your candidate’s campaign. What debate strategies would you recommend your candidate follow? Which previous presidential candidates should they look to as examples of best debate practices that they should emulate? Which previous candidates made mistakes which they should learn from and avoid? Finally, what does your candidate need to do for their debate performance to help, and not hurt, their campaign? You must use the Trent et al and “Presidential Debates Have Always Been Political Theater” readings posted on Blackboard plus a third article you find on your own related to your candidate.