First POST: Long Games
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, March 9 2015
House Republicans knew about Clinton's personal email last year; Jeb Bush opposes the new net neutrality rules; the latest in augmented and artificial intelligence; why you should be wary of the Internet of Things; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Recaps
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, January 12 2015
Previewing the State of the Union's tech topics; data-driven campaigns go after the under-18 vote; open data activist Carl Malamud's renewed campaign to liberate the law; and much, much more. Read More
Iowa Politics, the Wiki
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, May 9 2011
The Iowa Independent launches Factbook: This Iowa-centric project began with the simple realization that a wealth of information exists about Iowa politics that is scattered throughout websites, private collections and ... Read More
We the Ad Buyers: Spare Change Against Chuck Grassley
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, October 21 2010
The always-thinking organizers at the Progressive Campaign Change Committee and Democracy for America are trying a one-two old media-new media punch in their bid to bring down Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley. Read More
Trippi: Unplugged in Iowa
BY Ari Melber | Tuesday, January 8 2008
Joe Trippi is one of the few political consultants who speaks frankly, even to the detriment of his clients, and loves democracy even more than he loves politics. I caught up with him for an hour-long conversation about ... Read More
Obama Is King of Google, Duke of YouTube
BY Joshua Levy | Monday, January 7 2008
According to Google Trends, Barack Obama has been the subject of more Google searches than any other presidential candidate, and aside from Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee he blows everyone else out of the water. And he's ... Read More
Daily Digest: The Barocket Is Back!
BY Joshua Levy | Monday, January 7 2008
While we were sleeping, there was a Wyoming primary, but few candidates mention the results on their sites; The Barocket is back! Barack Obama's online popularity has skyrocketed since his win in Iowa; Facebook's role in ... Read More
Social Networks: 1 Political Machine: 0 [Update]
BY Editors | Sunday, January 6 2008
The first U.S. presidential primary of 2008 is over and it was full of surprises. After the first inning, we have an unexpected lead, thanks to Mike Huckabee connecting to intact networks that had a long history ... Read More
Iowa Twitter Success
BY Patrick Ruffini | Friday, January 4 2008
When I first floated the idea of collecting Iowa Caucus results through the microblogging social network Twitter, I wasn't sure what to expect. Iowa is a small state, and not particularly known for tech-savviness. Would ... Read More
Obama's Facebook App Finds Your Iowa Friends
BY Michael Whitney | Wednesday, January 2 2008
Barack Obama's campaign put its Facebook page to a new use just days before the Iowa caucuses. Fans, or supporters, of Barack Obama received a message asking to remind their friends in Iowa to caucus. The message, titled ... Read More