Campaign Trend Podcast
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Why Do Chatbots Love Ballotpedia?
Why Do Chatbots Love Ballotpedia?
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The Campaign Trend Podcast brings you into conversation with professionals who drive the business of Politics.
Hosted by Eric Wilson, Executive Director of the Center for Campaign Innovation.
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- Why Do Chatbots Love Ballotpedia? · 23 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 17When a voter asks a chatbot about a candidate, the answer often comes from Ballotpedia. Research from the Center for Campaign Innovation found it cited in about 30% of chatbot…
- Do Voters Know They’re Using AI? · 23 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 16Just 4% of voters say they used an AI tool for election information in the past month. But 38% got it from a Google AI summary, and about half of them didn’t realize it was AI…
- Panic Responsibly: What Social Media Should Teach Us About AI · 32 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 15Did the internet let politics down, or did we? Eric sits down with his friend Katie Harbath, founder and CEO of Anchor Change and author of the new book Disrupting Politics: A…
- What If AI Worked for Voters? · 25 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 14Almost everything written about AI and elections this cycle is about what it will do to voters. Paul Allen thinks the bigger story is what it can do for them. This week, Eric…
- Pulse Check: Where Campaigns and Tech Stand Heading Into the Midterms · 37 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 13This week, Eric Wilson is the guest. Right after Labor Day, Eric joined Prompt.io president Farz Sokhansanj on Prompt.io's Pulse Check webinar to take stock of where campaigns…
- Who's Actually Getting Benefits on Campaigns? · 24 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 12Eric is joined by Dustin Tropp, founder of Republican Jobs, to unpack the 2026 Political Careers Survey — 427 political professionals on pay, benefits, and whether they're…
- Can You Trust a Poll No Human Ever Took? · 28 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 11Can you trust a poll when no human ever picked up the phone? Eric sits down with Matthew Hanauer, co-founder of Civly, to unpack synthetic polling — building AI simulations of…
- Vetting Candidates in the AI Era with John Artunkal (Argus AI) · 22 min · Kausi 6 Jakso 10Opposition research has always rewarded whoever digs deepest. AI is changing who can afford to dig — and how much stays buried. This week, Eric Wilson sits down with John…
- Let Robots Do Robot Things · 26 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 9Everyone's worried about AI deepfakes in politics. Becki Wright says that's not the real story. Becki, founder of Proximity and a former candidate and campaign manager, joins…
- The Digital Twin Dilemma: Why AI Can't Replace Real Voters — Yet · 28 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 8Every pollster knows the problem: for every hundred voters you ask to take a poll, only one or two actually respond. So what if AI could just answer the questions for them? It's…
- The Disclaimer Effect: What the Data Actually Says About AI and Voter Trust · 27 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 7AI adoption in political consulting is accelerating — but is the industry keeping up, or splitting in two? Eric Wilson sits down with Julie Sweet, Director of Advocacy and…
- AI on the Ballot: What Rural Voters Really Fear · 33 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 6Adrianne Marsh, CEO of Altum Insight, came to rural Nebraska expecting to hear about the economy. What her team found instead stopped them cold: deep, values-rooted fear of…
- The Science of Persuasion with Josh Bandoch · 27 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 5Winning arguments doesn't win elections. Persuasion does — and they're not the same thing. On this episode, Eric Wilson talks with Josh Bandoch, head of policy at the Illinois…
- Build, Don't Borrow: The New Audience Strategy in Politics · 23 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 4For decades, campaigns have won by borrowing — getting union endorsements, buying TV ads, riding the audiences others built. But a small and growing number of candidates are…
- The CTV Debate: Who Should Own Your Campaign's Streaming Buy? · 25 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 3Connected TV spending is growing — but the real question in 2026 isn't whether campaigns should be buying CTV. It's who should be managing the buy. Eric Wilson sits down with…
- Reaching the Disengaged: Midterm Voters & the Streaming Revolution · 30 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 2The 2026 midterms present a fundamentally different electoral landscape for Republicans. In this episode, pollster David Kanevsky breaks down exclusive post-election survey data…
- Inside Political Ad Spending for 2026 with John Link (AdImpact) · 24 min · Kausi 4 Jakso 1Host Eric Wilson sits down with John Link, Senior Vice President of Data at Ad Impact, to unpack the eye-popping numbers behind the 2025-2026 political cycle—projected to become…
- All In on SMS: Prompt.io CEO Phil Gordon On The Stakes For 2026 · 26 min · Kausi 3 Jakso 24What happens when a poker champion with $3 million in tournament winnings pivots to political texting? You get Phil Gordon, founder of Prompt.io, dropping wisdom on selective…
- From Swifties to Socialists: How Fan Culture Is Remaking Political Campaigns · 27 min · Kausi 3 Jakso 23Wired senior writer Makena Kelly joins Eric Wilson to unpack how online fandom culture—the same energy that drives Swifties and K-Pop fans—is now fueling political movements…
- The Hidden Networks That Control Campaign Money with Jordan Lieberman · 25 min · Kausi 3 Jakso 22What if the political consulting industry isn't the competitive free market everyone assumes it is? Jordan Lieberman, CEO of Powers Interactive, analyzed over 54 million federal…
