Republicans Launch Facebook App to Defeat Obama

[Ian David]

Republicans Launch Facebook App to Defeat Obama

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The Grand Old Party opened up a new media salvo with Tuesday’s launch of its “Social Victory Center,” billed as a one-stop-online-shop for Republican voters to organize, plan events and volunteer in local, state and national elections.

And it’s all baked directly into a Facebook app, allowing the GOP to capitalize on the relationships that users on the social network have already built with one another.

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Users first register with a Facebook profile, and input additional informaiton such as their ZIP code and phone number. Then, they’re greeted by the “news” section, which features the latest Republican web ads and an assortment of Republican-friendly news stories, the selection of which depends on users’ location (a voter in Maine is going to see Maine-centric stories).

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Finally, “volunteer” is where the real social meat and potatoes lie. The section is built to get people off Facebook and into a local “Victory Center” (the Republican name for local field offices) to directly engage with a campaign. As with “events,” it builds a map based on users’ ZIP codes and shows them the address and contact information for these local outposts.

But what if a volunteer has an extra 30 minutes in his or her day and can’t make it to a local field office? No problem — users can make phone calls to registered voters through the app and their personal phone.

More:
http://mashable.com/2012/05/01/republicans-facebook-app/

[tanyev]

1. Republicans using Facebook to communicate with 'rill' America, with comments open for all to see.

What could possibly go wrong?

[CTyankee]

2. This is going to be another massive Hindenburg dirigible that will go down in massive

flames on the Repukes....

[monmouth]

3. Oh the humanity!!!!../t

[JNelson6563]

4. Yet another fun-to-watch event

brought to you by the GOP! Can't wait!

Julie