It tended to be restricted to geographic areas that went overwhelmingly for the other side, & the opponent could see it & counter.
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Now we can do bespoke, targeted & algorithmically tailored voter supression that may not even be detectable AS voter suppression.
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But wouldn't it be the case that you'd have to do so much to have an effect effect would be the same? Moreover, most demo data...
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Still relies on the same kind of geographic tailoring that would target the same neighborhoods.
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I'm talking about data based on FB activity or Web browsing patterns, or even more subtle stuff correlated with voting habits.
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Fair enough. You're talking stuff ranging from somewhat election-related to more subtle. You think Trump has that data?
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I mean, to this day, my favorite case of big data gone bad is what Romney tried to do that affected me and he had pros/resources.
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Trump probably not; his campaign is a clown car. But a grownup campaign run by pros in 4 or 8 years?
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Sure but first GOP has to catch up on data. Dems could do it today, but have less incentive to suppress.
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...for that to be a cost effective tactic. Calculus changes if you can pinpoint R voters online & message them directly in bulk.
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Not clear those areas are as wired in (than again, not clear best Dem performing districts are either, given costs).
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