Yuri Vanetik’s Blog

What Stepping Into This Role Means to Me, And To The Future

Never settle. Those words have resonated with me throughout my career. I’ve always had the urge to do more, to accomplish more, to go further, and to aim even higher than I have. Some of what I’ve sought out in my years of refusal to settle have personal–they’re...

NYGOP Announces Appointment of Yuri Vanetik as National Finance Co-Chair

Via New York GOP The New York Republican Party today announced the appointment of esteemed business leader, political strategist, and philanthropist Yuri Vanetik as national finance co-chair who will help lead the Committee's national fundraising efforts in advance of...

Mitigating Voter Fraud

In Los Angeles County as a whole, roughly 60,000 people pass away every year from a variety of causes. Of those 60,000 deceased members of LA County, roughly 215 of them will cast a vote to help decide who will take political office. These votes, which seemingly occur...

12 Angry Men Belong In A Theater, Not An American Courtroom

This article was originally published on Investors.com. A Missouri jury recently determined that a collections firm improperly sued a Kansas City woman over a $1,000 debt -- and rewarded her a staggering $82 million in punitive damages. In Virginia, a Navy veteran...

Georgia Needs Western Help to Stave Off Putin

This post was originally published in Newsweek. By Paata Burchuladze and Yuri Vanetik.   Rolling tanks and firing artillery recently shattered a delicate truce between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The latest flare-up of this decades-old conflict claimed more than a...

Gary Johnson, The 15 Percent, & A Fight For Recognition

Depending on what news network you choose to indulge in, you’ve likely been exposed to a hefty amount of political advertising and not-so-subtle agenda pushing for either Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, or Hillary Clinton, the accompanying Democrat....

Trump Lets Personality Take Front Seat in Kelly Interview

When Donald Trump took to Twitter on May 17 to encourage his 8.28 million followers to tune into Fox News that evening for his interview with political pundit Megyn Kelly, most of us had an inkling that the highly-anticipated interview more than likely went well. An...

Why Trump might actually SAVE the GOP

By: Yuri Vanetik and Thomas Tucker, GOP strategists South Carolina senator Lindsay Graham, a virtual spokesman for the Republican establishment, once contended that choosing between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump was akin to deciding whether to be poisoned or shot. Judging...

How Social Media Has Changed Politics

The growth of technology, specifically social media, has drastically changed the way political campaigns are run. Social media properties, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube, have effectively changed how candidates are able to deliver their message and...