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Music isn't just a vibe, it's a campaign strategy. 🎵🗳️

From FDR to the DNC, the right song has always moved voters. Swipe to see how music shapes political moments, why artists pick sides, and how your 2026 campaign can use culture to win attention.

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Dean Nielsen had a conversation with Chris Nolan, founder of Spot-On, over email to talk through how campaigns are actually reaching and moving voters, and why a lot of the conventional wisdom just isn’t holding up. There’s a lot here about what’s working right now, and where campaigns are getting it wrong.

Read here to get the full inside scoop:

A Conversation with Chris Nolan About What Comes Next – CN4 Partners I grew up outside of Washington, D.C. on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and went to college in New York. For 15 years, I worked as a local news reporter up and down the East Coast and then in DC covering Congress. I moved to California to take a job as a Silicon Valley columnist at the Mercury News in S...

This week was the first day of early voting in Georgia.

Longtime friend of CN4 Partners, David Kim, sent this photo while working with the Harris team in the 2024 election season of a voter wearing a 1960 poll tax receipt on her shirt while volunteering.

This photo serves as a striking reminder of the barriers people once faced just to participate in our democracy.

This is why we do what we do.

Great to see Founding Partner, Dean Nielsen featured in this KUOW piece on the evolving dynamics within Washington’s Democratic primaries.

As campaigns shift and new challengers emerge, strategy and messaging matter more than ever.

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Are WA Democrats moving left? Primary challengers suggest so Primary elections are fast approaching, and Democrats in some Western Washington races are facing early competition — from other Democrats.

For years, campaigns have relied on polls and traditional data. But what if none of that is the key to success?

Introducing Vibes-Based Targeting — identifying when the vibes are off and adjusting strategy in real time.
The future of politics isn’t data-driven. It’s vibe-driven.

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Happy April Fools!

🏆✨ Huge shoutout to our incredible CN4 Partners team! We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve won 8 awards at the Pollies! 🎉

An amazing honor to be recognized alongside the entire consultant team for running the Independent Expenditure Campaign of the Year for our client, the first time in decades! 🌿💚

Here’s to more wins together! 🙌

Congratulations to one of our amazing VPs, Ansley Mendelson! This achievement shows how hard you've worked and how dedicated you are to getting progressive candidates elected.

Congratulations Ansley!