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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Explains Why She Really Lost to Trump [View all]yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)60. Multiple intelligence agencies are reporting...
the Russians were "microtargeting" particular voters through social media channels, influencing their attitudes and behaviors.
Particularly in closely contested states, including the three which cost Hillary the election.
From Wiki:
Microtargeting is the use by political parties and election campaigns of direct marketing datamining techniques that involve predictive market segmentation (aka cluster analysis). It is used by United States Republican and Democratic political parties and candidates to track individual voters and identify potential supporters.
The question we now have is did the Republican campaign collude with the Russians to influence these voters?
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Yes! That's one way HRC's media operation failed. In 2016 you must use surrogates
sharedvalues
Apr 2017
#3
the Media plays a role in this also. in 2004 the swift boat assholes refused to go up against Max
JI7
Apr 2017
#13
The corporate media should have been her number 1 reason. Why are we still skirting around this.
JCanete
Apr 2017
#52
Yeah, all you have are personal attacks.. not even worth it.. I'll leave you with this..
Cha
Apr 2017
#39
In her case she did and was the strongest candidate. This isn't a football game with "matchups".
George II
Apr 2017
#59
and Reagan shouldn't have won huge either. and people like Gohmert, Bachmann etc should not win
JI7
Apr 2017
#14
If Joe the Plumber was a Democrat he would have also been under FBI investigation.
StevieM
Apr 2017
#47
I don't blame her surrogates but I do blame the GOP who spent 30 years tearing her down
Hamlette
Apr 2017
#15
Because LITERALLY every other high up dem never addresses the elephants in the room
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#41
We also haven't heard Al Gore or John Kerry or John McCain or Mitt Romney take any personal
StevieM
Apr 2017
#48
Nope. The best surrogate in history--hands down--was James Comey. And Donald Trump had him,
StevieM
Apr 2017
#63
The spinners appear to have added Pennsylvania to the states that she supposedly ignored.
StevieM
Apr 2017
#46
Your statement about African American owned companies is right wing fake news.
yardwork
Apr 2017
#54