Campaign manager: Difference between revisions

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A '''campaign manager''', '''campaign chairmanchairperson''', or '''campaign director''' is a paid or [[Volunteering|volunteer]]an individual whose role is to coordinate a [[political campaign]]'s spending, broad tactics, and hiring.<ref name="caprara"/> They lead operations such as [[Campaign finance|fundraising]], [[advertising]], [[Opinion poll|poll]]ing, [[getting out the vote]] (with direct contact to the public), and other activities supporting the effort, directly.

Particularly for large, well-funded campaigns, campaign managers often manage a huge number of [[Political campaign staff|staffers]] and [[volunteering|volunteers]] in a variety of departments,; while also coordinating closely with the candidate and outside consultants.

In the United States, increasingly, campaign management has been a speciality occupation. The top-tier of managers will move throughout the country working on a different campaign each election cycle. The challenges of building a successful operation from scratch in less than 2 years makes experienced professionals increasingly valuable.<ref name="caprara"/><ref name="plasser"/>