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First POST: A Dying Netroots?

BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, October 25 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Questions and more questions in today's roundup of technology in politics from around the web — should progressives feel betrayed when their colleagues who build technology decide to become nonpartisan? Should campaigns sign on to the current means of collecting donations via text message? And are the netroots losing political clout? Read More

First POST: Nothing In Here About the iPad Mini

BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, October 24 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: New looks at data mining, the campaigns' online push in the run-up to election day and Facebook's lobbying expenses, all in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Horses and Bayonets

BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, October 23 2012

Photo: U.S. Army

Around the web: How President Barack Obama's cavalry charge on Mitt Romney at last night's debate played out online; Change.org is poised to become nonpartisan, making it a traditionally progressive company shifting to accept Republican clients, according to a report; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Momentum

BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, October 22 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Democrats use social media to post calls to action while Republicans are more likely to share political content; prominent progressive technology firm Salsa Labs has its customers concerned by a leadership shakeup; and more in today's roundup of technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Mining for Voters

BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, October 19 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Revisiting Themis, the voter database for Koch-allied outside political groups; taking a closer look at a Republican online push that may have missed its audience; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Colophon

BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, October 18 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus: How the general focus of civic software has changed over time; a step forward for digital government in the UK; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Binders Full of Laughter

BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, October 17 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: The three-ring circus of the Internet plays with Romney's "binders full of women" line; when tech policy emerged at last night's debate; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Follow-On Questions

BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, October 16 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: The growing controversy over tonight's presidential debate; exploring of Google is creating a political "filter bubble;" the Library of Congress follows up on the relaunch of congress.gov; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Voter "Shaming"

BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, October 15 2012

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Revisiting the things campaigns know — or think they know — about potential voters; political technology companies as partisan adversaries rather than platform providers; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Malarkey

BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, October 12 2012

Photo: Pete Souza / White House

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: How "malarkey" played online; growing cybersecurity concerns; fact-checking about fact-checking and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More