The 196th Chi Hack Night is Tuesday, March 15th at 6pm. RSVP here!
It’s
election night, and we’re getting a special look into the data used by
political campaigns while we watch the results come in.
The March 15th primary has an unusual number of contested elections, with over a dozen in the Chicago area alone. Negative campaigning has figured heavily in most of them.
Stanford/Caskey
is an opposition research firm, specializing in producing the
information that goes into these negative ads (and they’re working in a
lot of the races in Illinois).
Will Caskey,
partner at Stanford/Caskey, will talk about the curious art and science
of opposition research: how it’s collected, how it’s not, and how it’s
put to use by campaigns. He’ll also discuss various examples of
opposition research in the current election.
Chi Hack Night Survey: Presentations & Swag!
We have a quick, 5 question member survey to collect your feedback on
our recent presentations and potential Chi Hack Night swag. We’d love to
hear from you!
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Last week's presentation
Alex Niemczewski, BallotReady
At the last Chi Hack Night, Alex Niemczewski,
CEO of BallotReady, discussed how big of a problem voting uninformed
is: from how overwhelming it is to become informed, to the implications
behind how our elected officials come to be elected. For more Chi Hack Night presentations, subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
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