Obama: "This is the Most Transparent Administration in History."
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Friday, February 15 2013
President Obama defended his government as "the most transparent administration in history" Thursday afternoon during a White House "fireside hangout" hosted online by Google -- even as dozens of unanswered questions surrounding the decision-making process behind his assassination-by-drone program is swirling in the news. Read More
With The Help of Digital Infrastructure, Obama Wins Re-election
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Tuesday, November 6 2012
Barack Obama won re-election to a second term as the 44th president of the United States Tuesday night, with a campaign that was undergirded by disciplined digital effort that relied heavily on targeted voter communications, an ambitious ground game, and extensive and innovative use of social media and online fundraising tools. Read More
Build A Slatecard With DemDash
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Tuesday, November 6 2012
As PBS Newshour reported Monday, voters across the United States will be asked to vote on an unusually high number of ballot measures this year. Read More
On Eve of Illinois Primary, Romney Campaigns On Google+
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Tuesday, March 20 2012
Mitt Romney, the frontrunner in the race to become the Republicans' 2012 presidential nominee, spent the Tuesday afternoon preceding the Illinois primary hanging out with supporters on Google+. Read More
Google+ Hangout Participant, Subject of Republican Spin, Says She'll Probably "Vote Obama Back In."
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Wednesday, February 1 2012
Right-leaning bloggers and the Republican party have wasted no time in using President Obama's frank online video exchange with Texas insurance agent Jennifer Wedel on Monday to further the party's narrative that the president is out of touch with ordinary, hard-up Americans. The only problem for the Republicans is that the person upon whom they're basing their entire campaign doesn't feel that Obama is out of touch. In fact, during a follow-up Google + Hangout with a blogger and journalist, she says she's going to vote for him. Read More
President Obama's Google+ Hangout: No Pot Questions, But Plenty of Intellectual Property
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Monday, January 30 2012
President Barack Obama participated in a lively online video chat late Monday with five voters across the country as part of a social media townhall-like event using Google's Google+ Hangout feature. He also answered questions submitted by individuals via YouTube. Those were five lucky people: According to the White House' YouTube channel, almost 230,000 people submitted 133,183 questions, and 1.6 million people gave those questions an up or down vote. Read More