The Trailer: I signed up as a Trump supporter, then a Biden supporter. Here's what happened next.
Washington PostSigning up for the Trump app subscribed me to not one, but two automated text chains. The first came in from the Trump campaign within seconds of sign-up, informing me that I had just gotten “Reward Access Unlocked,” thus qualifying me to “earn points & meet Pres Trump during the campaign in fall.” One minute later, the Republican National Committee thanked me for joining the “team,” and asked whether I could let the president “know what you think of this week's accomplishments.”
Following the first link took me back to the Trump campaign page; following the second gave me a yes or no poll on whether I approved of the president, with space to write about why. I didn’t go further than that, but two hours later, the RNC texted with news: “You were 1 of the 25 President Trump selected for a 5X-MATCH EXTENSION! The other 24 patriots already donated, now it's your turn.”
Following that link, I was offered a shot at “a video call from Joe” and told that the “average gift is only $25.” A form to fill in an exact donation amount was left blank; a box that would make this a one-time donation, not a recurring one, was already checked.
Over the next few days, it was easy to forget that the Biden app existed. Push texts were infrequent, and unlike the Trump app, the Biden app didn't let me track virtual campaign events. (That was on the website.) TeamJoe offered me a few options and news items, all of which directed me from the app back to the campaign website. For 24 hours, the top news item was a new Biden campaign pledge, which I could take, committing myself to “empathy,” “keeping the faith,” “humility,” and “no malarkey,” among other nice things. If I wanted to volunteer, the app made it easier, but not addictive.
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to the point that I had to go search, even after signing up to be on the email list, for Biden's live podcasts. I expected a lot more emails period than an un-overwhelming 5 or so a day from 3 Biden-campaign addresses. Those don't include all the other Democratic-related organizations, of course, but it's a huge drop-off from the influx during the primaries.
Email reaches older people a lot more, and it may be we older Democrats are believed too solid to have good returns on trying to aggravate us into some -- any -- kind of action. 
Generally speaking, though, this seems to be a continuation of the kind of campaigning aimed at most Americans that kept Biden as the lone frontrunner, way above all others, from before the beginning to now. (We now know IA and NH gave people a very mistaken idea of what was really happening.)
why couldn’t the Biden team use that as a example?? 
