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triron

(22,007 posts) Wed May 2, 2018, 03:52 PM May 2018

The Guardian: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for a Trump victory

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/23/leaked-cambridge-analyticas-blueprint-for-trump-victory

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The Guardian: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for a Trump victory (Original Post) triron May 2018 OP

I think their strategy was pretty clear. bearsfootball516 May 2018 #1

This is from March. hedda_foil May 2018 #2

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

1. I think their strategy was pretty clear.

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 04:04 PM

May 2018

1. In Midwest swing states, target middle aged and older white males to convince them Trump was the only thing capable of keeping them in the status quo.

2. Reach out to disallusioned Bernie Sanders voters in those same states with ads that demonized Hillary, and convinced them that she didn’t deserve their vote so they were better off staying home.

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)

2. This is from March.

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 05:08 PM

May 2018

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