An ode to the political researchers, the grit grinders, the muckrakers

In many ways, political researchers are the backbone of any political campaign. They are the offence and the defence in what pundits refer to as the 'air-war.'

To all you aspiring political researchers (all six of you): be suspicious, think strategically and think of the media transactionally. If you can learn these approaches, you will become indispensable, politically. At minimum, you’ll have a tale or two to tell when it’s all over, writes former Conservative Hill staffer Jake Enwright. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JAKE ENWRIGHT

July 18, 2022

After every election, there is no shortage of panels and interviews that feature the successful (and unsuccessful) brilliant minds behind political campaigns. This was, of course, the case following Doug Ford’s successful re-election campaign in Ontario last month. Political junkies got the skinn...

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