Lessons for the Green Party: Joe Trippi review, Chapters 1 & 2.

Joe Trippi was made world famous by the Howard Dean Democratic campaign 4 years ago. He took a no-body, and propelled him front and center by good use of the internet as a grassroots communication tool. There are lessons to be learnt by the Green Party of Canada, but it’s not a magic formula. It’ll boil down to execution.

The Green Party post election re-canvas.

Any politician, whether winner or loser should be re-canvassing their supporters right after an election. Yeah it’s tough, especially when you’ve lost the good fight, but it’s time to pick yourself up, and go thank your supporters face to face. If you do, they will love you for it, and you’ll be way stronger for the next time around.

Green Party: How to Campaign on a tiny budget.

Most Green Party of Canada riding associations are pretty small, and inexperienced. Here’s some suggestions about how a small, and underfunded campaign can maximize their opportunity to grow during a federal election. If they do it well, and gather lots of new supporters in, then the next Campaign might be a winner!

Alarming Poll Results for Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is retreating fast in the polls. This was fairly predictable, as they were not differentiated from the other Canadian Party’s, and had nothing whatsoever to say about the top issue of the day. Economic angst. The electorate is payingt hem back for being ignored, by ignoring in their turn.

Elizabeth May’s By-Election promise: Will fortune favour the bold?

Elizabeth May might have an interesting By-Election opportunity coming her way. Central Nova, in Nova Scotia is totally unwinnable, but the next door riding might be up for grabs in a By-Election sooner than later.

Green Party of Canada and the Campaign Plan for 2009

Here is a summary of how to develop a national campaign plan. The message, or campaign theme is the last thing you need. The electoral intelligence has to come first. Do the research, and the rest will fall into place.

The Liberal Gift to the Green Party of Canada.

The Green Party of Canada has received a massive gift from the Liberal Party. The Liberals ‘borrowed’ our green tax shift under Dion. They spent millions in a failed promotional effort, and are about to hand it back to the Green Party as their new leader, Michael Ignatieff erases this policy from the Liberal playbook.

The Self Identifying Green Party Voter

A great way to build your local Green Party organization is to take advantage of the election publicity to build your supporter lists. The simplest way of all is to invite electors to register their support on your local campaign website. This will give you a nice email list to get the vote out for the advance polls,. hen the election is over, provided you don’t abuse the list, you will have a ready made invitations list for your first Green Party Pub night!

Green Party Canada Election Tactics 101

One of the greatest weaknesses of the Green Party of Canada, is their seeming inability to get out the vote. It starts with effective canvassing, and then requires a good GOTV…..

Green Party Support and The Inconvenient Truth

The CBC just aired An Inconvenient Truth, which was potentially viewed by millions of Canadians. Doubters should note that even the direst of these three year old projections are being borne out by observable fact. There will definitely be a measurable impact on the Canadian Political scene…