Articles Posted by Adriel Hampton

Adriel Hampton is a writer, investigator, strategic consultant and mindfulness practitioner. He runs The Adriel Hampton Group Ltd. in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and was a founding member of NationBuilder. Adriel is founder emeritus of SF Tech Dems and a board member at Legination Inc. Before joining NationBuilder, Adriel worked for SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera, and for the SF Examiner, Hayward Daily Review and Lodi News-Sentinel. He also founded SF City Camp and Gov 2.0 Radio, and, in 2009, ran for Congress in the East Bay.

  • Body Politic: Mayor’s Race Survey Finds ‘Nobody,’ Broke-Ass Stuart, Lead Among Activist Social Voters

    by Adriel Hampton on Aug 30, 2015 | 6 Comments

    More than half of media savvy activist voters who responded to a survey said they have yet to find a candidate they will support in the San Francisco mayor’s race.

    Posted in Media, News, Politics

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    Body Politic: Tragedy and Blame

    by Adriel Hampton on Jul 12, 2015 | 20 Comments

    Random violence captures our social conscience like nothing else, and random violence in liberal San Francisco is especially attractive when it allows pundits and Republican presidential candidates to attack immigrants and progressive lawmakers.

    Posted in Crime, Immigration, News, Politics

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    Body Politic: San Francisco Social Voter Insights

    by Adriel Hampton on Jul 08, 2015 | 1 Comment

    Voter file analysis enabled by the NationBuilder community building software shows that few voters wear their politics in their Twitter bios. They do, however, love to talk tech. And for every voter who identifies as an attorney or lawyer, five are CEOs or founders.

    Posted in Media, News, Politics, Technology

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    Body Politic: Amy Farah Weiss’ ‘What If …’ Campaign for SF Mayor

    by Adriel Hampton on May 29, 2015 | 12 Comments

    The San Francisco mayor’s race is turning out to be something of a cake walk for Mayor Ed Lee, with folks like former Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and Senator Mark Leno deferring from the race.

    Posted in News, Politics

  • The Body Politic is Back!

    by Adriel Hampton on May 21, 2015 | 1 Comment

    Kamala Harris operatives at the Anaheim Convention Center were practically giddy on Saturday as video clips of U.S. Senate campaign rival Loretta Sanchez’s “war cry” gaffe began to flit from phone to phone.

    Posted in Politics

  • NationBuilder: Increasing Grassroots Access
    to the Voter File

    by Adriel Hampton on Jun 15, 2011 | No Comments

    Today I begin a new role as chief organizer for NationBuilder, a software platform that aims to equip grassroots activists, small businesses, NGOs and candidates with the kind of organizing tools that are usually reserved only for those with deep pockets. NationBuilder is the brainchild of Jim Gilliam, a progressive activist who co-founded Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films. Jim is also creator of Act.ly and TweetProgress.

    Posted in Politics

  • Why Twitter’s Gov’t Outreach Reflects a Big Win
    for the Gov 2.0 Movement

    by Adriel Hampton on Jun 13, 2010 | 2 Comments

    Last week, Government 2.0 – a term first used by Bill Eggers in his 2005 e-gov-focused book of the same name, and that has become almost synonymous with Web 2.0 as developers have turned on to the promise of government-brokered data troves and universal open standards – won a significant victory. San Francisco-based Twitter, the popular social media messaging service that has serves as a platform for thousands of startups using its architecture and user base, announced that it is hiring for its first field office, focused on the government sector.

    Posted in Culture, Politics