Winning Connections won top honors at this year’s “Pollie” awards ceremony, taking home 16 awards in ten categories for campaigns staged across the country. Winning Connections won more awards for live campaign telephone calls than any other firm.

The “Pollie” awards, the political equivalent of the Oscars, are presented each year by the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), recognizing the best and most effective efforts at political advocacy in local, state and national campaigns. The awards ceremony, held at D.C.’s Fairmont Hotel, is now in its 20th year. Winning Connections won 16 Pollie Awards at the 2011 Pollie Conference hosted by the American Association of Political Consultants.

 
The firm was recognized for the following programs:

• Chafee for Governor, RI (The Overall Campaign and GOTV Calls)
• LCV for Bennet, CO
• Campaign for Community Change – AZ GOTV
• Brady Campaign, IL
• Mike Beebe for Governor, AR
• Jim Cooper for Congress, TN, Social Pressure and Plan-Making GOTV
• Steve Choate for State Representative, AR
• Re-Alect Alan Bates to the Oregon State Senate
• Ben Chandler, GOTV, KY
• Early Turnout for Titus, NV
• Environment America – GOTV test program (NV, NH, OH, PA, VA, MD)
• Ohio Democratic Party, Barack Obama Volunteer Patch-Through Calls
• Yes on 1098 (Washington)
• Working America Unemployed TeleForums (Ohio)
• Chafee for Governor, WinDialer (predictive dialer)

The company’s innovative tactics were also recognized at the 2011 Reed Awards, sponsored by Politics and Elections magazine, where Winning Connections took home three out of five possible awards for live telephone advocacy.