Modern Political Campaigns

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Travis talks with political scientist, Johns Hopkins professor, and CEO of Cohen Research Group, Dr. Michael Cohen about his new book, Modern Political Campaigns: How Professionalism, Technology, and Speed Have Revolutionized Elections, in which he provides insight into the practical nature of managing political campaigns and an insider’s advice on breaking into careers in the field of political consulting. Topics Travis and Michael cover include: Why professionalism, technology, and speed are the hallmark features of modern political campaigns The role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in political campaigning and the ethical considerations campaign managers must make when using AI What the permanent campaign is and its impact on American democracy and representation Follow Dr. Michael Cohen on LinkedIn. The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Mike’s Substack: What Fresh Hell is This? Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.8	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:07.4	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:10.8	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:17.2	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.1	Now that's term time working.
0:24.5	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.8	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.0	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.8	Conditions apply.
0:34.7	Atheists, agnostics, long-haired widows, short-haired widows, vandal, Oolagullerg.
0:35.2	Love the government, hug the government, hug the government, love, the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government. Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:48.3	I'm Travis Taylor, a political scientist by training with my doctorate from the University of Kentucky and a public opinion
0:54.3	researcher by day. I'm joined today on this episode by Dr. Michael Cohen, the author of
1:00.4	modern political campaigns, how professionalism, speed, and technology have revolutionized
1:06.8	elections, which was just released on April 1st. In it, Dr. Cohen, with a professor's approach,
1:13.9	lays out much of the knowledge one needs to manage today's political campaigns and an
1:19.2	insider's view of how to break into a career in political consulting. Dr. Cohen is the CEO
1:25.6	of Cohen Research Group, a political, public affairs, and corporate research firm.
1:31.5	He earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Florida and cut his teeth in practical politics there in the Sunshine State.
1:39.3	He publishes the award-winning Congress in Your Pocket suite of mobile apps and teaches college courses on
1:45.7	political campaigns, research methods, digital strategy, and public policy in Washington, D.C.
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