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March 26, 2018 / Blog Posts

Does Your Car Know Who You’ll Vote For?

There’s one ad tech conference I really look forward to attending every year: LiveRamp’s RampUp, which is held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. This industry event brings together agency buyers, vendor partners, and technology companies under one roof to share

March 9, 2018 / Blog Posts

Google Chrome’s New Built-in Ad Blocker Explained

It's been a few weeks since Google's Chrome browser started blocking ads from sites that use intrusive ad formats like pop-ups, annoying flashing animated ads, and a few others.

Since there's been a lot of confusion about exactly what Google Chrome will be blocking, and how that may impact either their campaigns or digital advertising in general,

February 28, 2018 / Press Releases

DSPolitical Wins Big at 2018 Reed Awards

Firm Honored for Digital Targeting in 2017 Off-Year Victories for Governor, Mayor, and State Legislature; DemocraticAds.com Again Secures "Best Use of a Self-Serve Platform

November 10, 2017 / Blog Posts

Election Day 2017: DSPolitical Powers Dems to Wins Across the Nation

DSPolitical powers its clients to 73 wins across the nation, in more than 100 races.

September 26, 2017 / Press Releases

Big Florida Flip: DSPolitical Helps Turn Sunshine State Senate Seat from Red to Blue

The FL State Senate Democrats and consultant Impact Politics worked with DSPolitical to rally the base by tying her opponent to Trump.

August 11, 2017 / Press Releases

DSPolitical’s Jablonowski Named One of the “100 Most Influential Political Professionals of the Year”

DSPolitical Chief Technology Officer and partner Mark Jablonowski has been named one of “the hundred most influential political professions of the year”.

June 8, 2017 / Blog Posts

RampUp 2017: Data Quality for Political Advertisers

Political advertising is pretty fascinating stuff, and if it's possible, even more complicated than corporate digital marketing.

May 22, 2017 / Blog Posts

Montana Dems Run Innovative Ads Targeting Voters at Risk of Losing Health Care

How do Democratic campaigns and progressive organizations fight Trump between now and November 2018? By going directly to the voters his policies are most likely to hurt. In advance of Thursday's special election to fill Montana's open House seat, the state Democratic Party is working with DSPolitical to deploy highly-targeted digital ads.

May 22, 2017 / Press Releases

MT-AL Special: Dems Using Digital Ads to Target Those Who Could Lose Coverage Under GOP Healthcare Bill

DSPolitical Helps Montana Democratic Party Target Digital Ads Directly to Voters Who Could Lose Coverage Under GOP Healthcare Plan

May 19, 2017 / Blog Posts

We’ll Miss You, John Burton

We're going to miss outgoing California Democratic Party chair John Burton.

He's stepping down when his term ends this month following a spectacularly successful 8-year term that's seen the party become, "more professional than it’s ever been in the history of the party," according to California Governor Jerry Brown.