Research for Campaigns

It is an indisputable fact—campaigns need research. Your campaign cannot afford to not know every weakness of its candidate. In the high stakes world of campaigning, you cannot afford to turn a blind eye on the weaknesses of your opposition.

Political campaigns are the specialty of Gallagher Hollenbeck. We are geared toward providing all the services needed for a successful campaign research operation from start to finish. Our researchers have investigated candidates and provided ground support for the communications teams of campaigns nationwide. We take great pride in providing the information your campaign needs for victory.

Assembling “The Book” - Drafted and edited, “The book”, a full-scale research compilation of both the opponent and a vulnerability study of the candidate, is a highly coveted asset. A typical “research book” includes several aspects:

• Legislative Review - Legislative reviews for incumbents, be the subject a mayor, governor, county lawmaker, state legislator or Congressman, we use our GILES Legislative Database System to fully examine every vote or executive action the subject has taken.
• Biographic Investigation - Often a challenger will come to the forefront with little to no public record. Yet by using our Oppo-Scanner to thoroughly analyze a candidate’s business, interests and associates, we are able to find weak points in the history of even the most obscure candidate. For those with lengthy records in development, lobbying or other politically oriented industries our Oppo-Scanner and biographic research can find conflicts of interest.
• Media Review – Legislative and biographic research are only two parts of the research puzzle; media review is the third.
• Donor Scrubs – When there is nowhere else to turn, follow the money. Using our Oppo-Scan technology, our researchers can conduct a thorough investigation of a candidate’s or organization’s donors with unprecedented accuracy and speed. Our “hit-maker,” this research strategy, finds hard-hitting facts where otherwise there may appear to be none.

Issue Verification/Sourcing/Fact Finding – Communication from the campaign often needs that one perfect fact or statistic: Hispanic unemployment figures, pension account deficit, UCR crime reports, high school drop-out rates, etc. Whatever fact or figure your staffers need, we can provide.

Polling/Media Verification – Our job does not end when the research book has been sent to your campaign. Gallagher Hollenbeck works with our clients right up to the election to ensure that all media and polling is accurate, and that the campaign uses facts to its very best advantage.

Real-Time Debate Response – Gallager Hollenbeck researchers can, both on-site and remotely via advanced technology, conduct backroom debate response operations in real time. From verifying facts to supplying supporting information, our operatives are vital to your debate response operation.

Vetting Staff or Coalition Members – To avoid potentially embarrassing situations, Gallagher Hollenbeck staffers are able to discreetly investigate the backgrounds of any staffers, members of potential coalitions, support groups or other individuals with whom a campaign would be publicly associated.