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With fundraising deadlines coming up in just over a week, 2020 Democrats are doing everything they can to show their fundraising strength in the first full quarter of the cycle. So we looked at the power of campaign merch and spoke with an expert about why campaign stores are no longer just nice-to-haves for anyone running on the national stage. 

Was the Warren/Facebook controversy a ploy we all fell for? And what's it like to be a donor to every single 2020 campaign?

It's International Women's Day, so today we looked at how this year's historic Democratic presidential primary field is (or isn't 😬) celebrating Women's History Month.

Donald Trump's campaign crossed the $4.5 million mark in digital spending since the 2018 midterms. And we broke down digital spending in two local elections this week.

How did Bernie Sanders crush the Democratic primary field in small-dollar donations on the first day of his presidential campaign? Well, if you look closely, it's not that hard to figure out. So we did.

This week, we did a special Virginia-focused FWIW, where we looked at who's already investing in digital ads to influence the November 2019 elections - and how the controversies at the top of the ticket are (or aren't) playing into their strategies. Check it out and sign up for our new weekly FWIW Virginia newsletter.

This week, we looked at how Republicans and Democrats leveraged digital media to drive their message around the State of the Union.

Announcing a presidential bid looks a lot different today than it did the last time we had a crowded presidential field. This week, we looked at how candidates can leverage multi-faceted strategies online and offline to make a bigger splash.

The airwaves might be filled with the Roger Stone indictment and the government shutdown debate, but the 2020 Democratic field is focused on a different message. This week, we looked at how 2020 Democratic candidates are aligned on anti-PAC messaging, and how Republicans are going back to some of their old tricks. 

There are already seven (or eight) candidates who have officially entered the race for the Democratic nomination for president. We took a look at how they measure up in the early days. And stick around until the end, because we uncovered one Democrat playing the real long game.