![Sasha Issenberg](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d512f45b-4df4-4850-8585-a2f1de881372/Sasha-Issenberg.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1000%2C1000&w=290)
Sasha Issenberg
Washington Correspondent, Monocle; Contributor, Bloomberg Politics
Sasha Issenberg is Washington correspondent for Monocle and a contributor to Bloomberg Politics. He covered the 2012 election as a Slate columnist and the 2008 election as a national political reporter for The Boston Globe. Issenberg’s work has also appeared in New York, The New York Times Magazine, and George, where he was a contributing editor. He is author of The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns; The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy;and Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism. Issenberg is currently working on a political, legal, and social history of battles over same-sex marriage in the United States.
Previously
![Tricks of the Trade: Revealing the Secrets of Modern Campaigns](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null997237f3-5077-45ee-910f-2bb8e09bdda9/27987955615_0b00f5aadd_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C7%2C1599%2C900&w=400)
Modern campaigns combine psychology, data, analytics, and technology to persuade and mobilize voters. The smartest campaign teams try to be one step ahead of the voters they’r...
![The General Election: What Now?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3f097dbe-2eef-4a4e-ac23-61d66b58d37e/27982253005_e013ff1aab_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C69%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
The bitter primaries, with their surprises and scandals behind us, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump. So, what’s next? What issues of substance will take the spotlight as the...