vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago'Easy money': Trump backer Elon Musk claims PAC will pay $47 for swing state voter informationwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down16
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-link'Easy money': Trump backer Elon Musk claims PAC will pay $47 for swing state voter informationwww.cnbc.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoYou’d think the owner of a shady software company would know he could get that information from data brokers. Hell, voter rolls are usually available for a relatively small fee: https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists Any competent campaign would already have identified their likely voters.
minus-squareSolarMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI’ve gotten a lot of crap from conservatives this year. First time that’s really happened. Usually just get stuff from dems. So I’m leaning toward they didn’t buy targeted data, they just bought the cheapest data they could. They may have no idea who their likely voters are.
You’d think the owner of a shady software company would know he could get that information from data brokers. Hell, voter rolls are usually available for a relatively small fee: https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists
Any competent campaign would already have identified their likely voters.
I’ve gotten a lot of crap from conservatives this year. First time that’s really happened. Usually just get stuff from dems.
So I’m leaning toward they didn’t buy targeted data, they just bought the cheapest data they could. They may have no idea who their likely voters are.