Winning Connections helped the President-elect build crowds, persuade swing voters, mobilize Latinos, and turn out infrequent voters in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. We are proud to have played our part in making history, and to have helped Barack Obama remake the electoral map.
In a Democratic primary race that broke all turnout records, Delawareans chose Jack Markell as their likely next governor. The Markell campaign and Winning Connections put together a telephone voter contact effort that paid off in a narrow victory– ultimately winning with a 1,700 vote margin. The Delaware News-Journal called it a “stunning victory”.
Winning Connections won more awards for live telephone campaigns than any other firm at the recent American Association of Political Consultants’ (AAPC) 2008 Pollie Awards.
Winning Connections congratulates Michael Nutter on his hard-fought win in Philadelphia’s Mayoral Primary Election yesterday. Outspent 3-1 by his opponent, Nutter overcame a 10-point deficit in the polls with a reformist message that Winning Connections helped communicate with targeted persuasion and GOTV calls.
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Washington, DC — Winning Connections won fourteen awards for its phone campaigns from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) at the premier annual event for political professionals. This year’s competition, held this past weekend in Napa, California, recognized achievements in public affairs campaigns, and Winning Connections was recognized in 10 of the 17 phone categories it entered. WC garnered Pollies for a wide range of programs, including early get-out-the vote and integrated phone/e-mail campaigns to a hotline helping Katrina victims and advocacy calls that helped defeat Governor Schwarzenegger’s statewide ballot initiatives. Winning Connections took away more Pollies than any of the other phone firms receiving awards. In fact, WC has won more Pollies than its competitors in six out of the past seven years.
On November 8th, Winning Connections capped a winning season with big victories in CA, NJ, and VA. In New Jersey, we recruited the grassroots network that delivered Jon Corzine the governor’s seat. Our work on behalf of teachers, school employees, and the UFCW in California helped defeat Schwarzenegger’s ballot measure agenda. […]
As hurricane Rita menaced the Texas coast, ACORN called on Winning Connections to help evacuate disadvantaged seniors from the Houston area. Within hours, we set up an automated message to tell seniors how they could arrange a ride out of the city by calling an ACORN hotline. ACORN’s Houston organizer, Ginny Goldman, commended […]
WC took on a challenging campaign in Cobb County, Georgia. Our client was Citizens for Cobb, a coalition of concerned citizens, business and community leaders. The group was seeking approval of a one cent increase in the local sales tax to pay for much needed road improvements, relief from traffic congestion, and […]
Winning Connections was a co-sponsor of the “Politics to Go” Conference at George Washington University’s Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. Conference panelists described new ways to harness mobile communications technologies like cell phones and mp3 players to reach and mobilize voters. Winning Connections is currently working with leaders in the field […]
The Congressional Management Foundation released its final report on “Communicating with Congress.” Winning Connections was a co-sponsor of the study, which is the most in-depth survey ever done on grassroots communications with Congress. The report ratifies WC’s core strategy of personalizing and individualizing high volume communications.
The CMF is a non-partisan organization dedicated […]
One of the liberal groups expected to be active in the looming confirmation battle, People for the American Way, said the choice of Justice O’Connor’s successor would represent a critical moment. “Justice O’Connor has been the most important figure on the court in recent years,” said Ralph G. Neas, president of the group. “Her replacement […]
PR Week, the leading trade publication, cited Winning Connections in an article about new research on grassroots communications with Congress. Winning Connections is a co-sponsor of the Congressional Management Foundation survey, the most comprehensive ever done on constituent communications with Congress.
The Pennsylvania Conservation Campaign won big in its effort to win passage of a 625 million dollar environmental bond measure. The “Growing Greener” initiative was approved with 61 percent of the vote. Winning Connections reached more than 180,000 suburban Pittsburgh and Philadelphia voters with strong messages explaining how the measure would […]
Winning Connections won fifteen awards for its phone campaigns from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) at the premier annual event for political professionals.