Mobilising for Different Politics in Hungary

To mobilise society is a hard task in all democracies, as it requires good campaigns, funds, clear objectives and a structured offline social network. It even seems to be more difficult in the Hungari.

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The (anti-)establishment of the Norwegian Green Party

One year after Breivik’s terrorist attack of July 22, and one year before a possible green electoral breakthrough in Norway, Nikki Schei and Øyvind Strømmen discuss the mobilisation of green voter.

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“For a richer New Zealand” – Successes of a green campaign

In the last election, the New Zealand Greens achieved a record result. For the first time, more than 10% of votes were cast for the Greens, making them the third largest party in the country’s House.

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GroenLinks preparing pro-European campaign for Dutch elections

The ongoing euro crisis has made “Europe” a main issue of national elections throughout the European Union. The Netherlands, where general elections will take place on September 12, are no excepti.

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Door-to-door Canvassing – a good strategy for Greens?

Who hasn’t heard about the successful canvassing of the 2008 Obama-Campaign and wondered whether it could work in their election campaign as well? So far the traditional focus of German street activ.

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European elections 2009 – Green success in Europe-wide campaign

Green candidates at launch of the EGP election campaign, March 2009 The European Parliament elections were one of the most successful ones in the history of the European Green movement, with the Green.

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Swedish Green Party Election Campaign 2010

Contents 1. Objectives and state of play 2. Election strategy 3. Campaign material 4. Red-Green cooperation 5. Election results Objectives On 19 September, general elections were held in Sweden. In th.

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Planning the Campaign Strategically

‘Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where,” said Al.

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Green Youth Organisations

 Content 1. Introduction 2. Preparation of the campaign 3. During the campaign [Print version of the entire article] [Click here for Best Practice Examples] A youth wing can prove to be an importan.

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Traditional Media

Contents 1. Overview 2. Campaign planning 3. Ideas for media events 4. Politics – as well as policies 5. Useful campaign accessories (and other ideas) [Print version of the entire article]   [C.

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The Last 72 Hours

Until the last minute ‘Getting out the vote’ – every political campaigner and every politician in the USA knows this claim. It is a symbol for election campaigning on election day itself, until .

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