Strother Strategies Background

Nationally Distinguished
Media Firm.

Democrats are suicidally empathetic and we keep getting our asses kicked for it.

Leading the Industry

"For more than thirty years, Strother Strategies has been inventing the tactics
that win modern campaigns."

First 10-20 Split Ad

Blanche Lincoln for Congress. Negative first, then positive to insulate the candidate.

Senate 1994

First firm to put a campaign on the Internet – Richard Fisher for U.S. Senate.

Mobile Strategy

First firm to utilize text message in a political ad.

The Pivot

Shifting broadcast cable buys heavily into targeted digital streams. Numerous campaigns from 2014.

Modern Impact

Created "The Daisy Ad" of the modern era. Ran once, discussed continually.

Selected Works

Ballot Measures

Strategy

People Who Do The Work

Featured Campaign

Labor Brothers and Sisters

Union Advocacy

Getting Gen Z and X to Vote

Rock The Vote

Corporate Image

Advocacy Spot

Inexpensive Production Spots

High Impact

The Bottom Line

"Winners write legislation and losers write op-eds."

We believe:

  • / Democrats have become suicidally empathetic and the far-left elects Republicans.
  • / The bathroom debate is asinine.
  • / Use people’s names and not a pronoun.
  • / Latinx isn’t a thing.
  • / Your gender and sexuality are immaterial.
  • / We must fund police but not secret police.
  • / Labor unions built this country, created the middle class, and protect workers. Speak to union membership in language that makes them nod their heads.
  • / The political firms that lost to Trump seemingly don’t know how to communicate with middle America.
  • / We must meet America where it is.
01.

Voter Targeting

It’s malpractice when an ad is seen by someone not registered. We use dozens of matrixes and AI to place creative. We've been rewarded for best use of AI in the last three cycles.

02.

Production

We’ve written and directed thousands of ads. We do all the work in-house because no one could do it better. You hire us, you get us. Hard stop.

03.

Narrative

We are in the business of telling stories. A story must be compelling and germane. If an ad doesn’t connect on a personal level, it’s a failure.

04.

Media Placement

We are screen agnostic. "Surround sound" approach. We don’t buy stations – we buy voters’ attention no matter where they are browsing.

Dane Strother Portrait

The Principal

Dane Strother

(Written by AI, when prompted "who is dane strother")

Dane Strother is an American Democratic political strategist, media commentator, and former journalist known for his work in political media and communications.

He has worked for decades as a political media consultant helping Democratic candidates and organizations with campaign strategy and messaging. Strother has been involved with media firms such as Strother Duffy Strother and Strother Nuckels Strategies based in Washington, D.C.

Earlier in his career, he was a reporter and was part of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning staff at the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. He frequently appears as a commentator and author on political topics, including writing for outlets like RealClearPolitics.

Strother has been quoted more than 1,000 times in America’s leading publications. He has lectured at Harvard University, University of Kansas, LSU, Northwestern University, Appalachian State, Johns Hopkins in D.C. and Bologna, Italy, and Washington and Lee among others.

Overall, Dane Strother has built a career as a seasoned Democratic strategist and communications professional, contributing to successful political messaging, campaign media production, strategic consulting for both political and corporate clients, and political commentary in national media.

From The Vault

The Legacy of Raymond Strother

Raymond Strother

AAPC Hall of Fame Inductee

Raymond Strother is remembered for bringing humanity and authenticity to political persuasion. He bridged the worlds of journalism, advertising, and politics — helping define the voice of modern American campaigning and is often credited with creating modern political consulting.

Key Accolades

  • • AAPC Hall of Fame
  • • President & Chairman of AAPC
  • • Resident Fellow at Harvard
  • • Fellow at Dole Institute of Politics (University of Kansas)
  • • Held the Wise Chair in communication at Northwestern University
  • • LSU Journalist Hall of Fame

Author

"Falling Up: How a Redneck Helped Invent Political Consulting"

LEGACY SPOTS:

Gary Hart