Anas Sarwar, the leader of Scottish Labour, said the prime minister's policy failures and missteps had left voters angry, frustrated and impatient, leaving his party clear underdogs before May's election. Asked during a speech in Edinburgh whether he wanted Starmer to campaign in Scotland, Sarwar said: I would say the best thing that Keir Starmer and the UK Labour government can do is be behind their doors and in their departments getting things right and changing our outcomes.
Kamala Harris lost last year's US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she needed to win, according to an autopsy by a progressive grassroots advocacy group. The vice-president focused on courting moderate Republicans over motivating core Democratic working-class, young and progressive voters, a misstep compounded by her failure to break from Joe Biden on Gaza, says the report by RootsAction.
Since the election, criticisms have been lobbed at Corrin Rankin, who only just became chair of the California Republican Party in March; former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who led one of the main opposition campaigns; former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who only tepidly opposed Proposition 50; and the national Republican Party. The No' campaign suffered from a disadvantage that no amount of money could fix: A lack of recognizable leadership for people to rally around,
As the communications landscape continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, the PR community has once again risen to the challenge, bringing fresh thinking, strategic agility and creative tenacity to campaigns big and small. Today, PR Daily is proud to reveal the finalists for the 2025 PR Daily Awards, recognizing the exceptional work of agencies, brands, teams and practitioners who have elevated the art and impact of public relations over the past year.
"We will have a decision on Saturday, and I think Sinn Féin's participation will be a game changer in this election. It'll be very much game on," Ms McDonald said. "We're going to be very active in this important campaign it, which starts, by the way, on the 24th of September, with the close of nominations. Then there will be four weeks or a bit more, of active campaigning, plenty of time for people to make up their minds," she added.
I really want this Labour government to succeed, and sometimes that means having the difficult conversations, she said in her email to constituency Labour parties. I won't snipe from the sidelines. But when we get things wrong, I have the guts to say we need to change course. We need to listen to the country, and our movement. When we don't, we make mistakes that overshadow our achievements. That's how we succeed and that's where our strength lies.
There's a perpetually simmering debate in the chattering classes of American politics over the validity of polling, or more precisely, the perceived overreliance on polling. This discourse is most common among ideologues who fear that politicians and their advisers will happily sell out the cause in an unwholesome pursuit of that soulless tyrant the "median voter," even though that involves the abandonment of principles and constituencies. And it's exacerbated, of course, whenever polls fail
Emails obtained by San José Spotlight show Teresa Alvarado, a regional vice president of the Bay Area's $40 billion power utility, ran meetings three times a week with campaign volunteers to discuss fundraising, endorsements, mail and media strategy for Chavez-Lopez.
