He said that AIQ worked on the software used to analyse that data and target ads
at potential voters in order to influence their views and votes.
The application built psychological profiles of people using their Facebook data, which could then be used in personalized political messages aimed
at potential voters.
For instance, a state senate campaign might run recruiting ads within its district aimed
at potential voters, while simultaneously placing messaging ads on the statewide newspaper's website aimed at reporters and bloggers.
Social media footage appeared to show the police fire rubber bullets
at potential voters and attack them with truncheons.
Not exact matches
Voter turnout was low
at 43 percent, however, although the regional government said 770,000
potential voters were not able to vote following the Spanish police's crackdown on
voters and polling stations.
Consider this passage: On Sunday afternoon,
potential voters in Atlantic waited for Romney
at the Family Table....
What's impressive is how fast the this technology has has spread: my first detailed exposure to
voter - file targeting was
at last November's CampaignTech conference, where the company CampaignGrid was touting its ability to deliver ads specifically to
potential voters in a district.
As these buttons traveled around with supporters,
potential voters could get an accurate look
at the leaders they might be selecting to run the country.
They are used by campaigns to leave a personal touch when canvassing, to energise canvassers
at rallies, to keep their candidates» names in front of
potential voters wherever they may be.
In Sen. Barack Obama's Iowa headquarters, young staff members sit
at computers, analyzing online
voter data and targeting
potential backers.
State Sen. Toby Stavisky greets
potential voters before voting during last week's primary
at a polling station in northern Queens.
The state's attorney general has proposed a package of bills aimed
at improving to what he said are «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many
potential New York
voters from casting ballots.
I've just returned from a remarkable fringe meeting
at the party's annual autumn conference, in which Ian Dexter, a Ukip member, former candidate in county and district elections and
potential parliamentary candidate for 2015, outlined his strategy for winning over Labour
voters.
We now know that these larger poll numbers were predicated on large numbers of
potential voters who were powerfully demotivated; witness the Labour
voters who stayed
at home
at the 2009 European elections.
Trump lashed out
at the more than two dozen states that have objected to a presidential commission's sweeping request for
voter data, accusing them of circumventing public scrutiny over
potential voter fraud.
As ugly as the redistricting process can be, this is one year in which the reality of democracy meshes with its rhetoric — an individual
voter / donor / activist CAN make a difference, and one with the
potential to echo through the halls of power for
at least a decade to come.
But his route to a
potential nomination looks troubled
at best, since no matter how much he can spent on TV ads and digital organizing, he has yet to break out of his demographic box and attract
voters from the full sweep of the Democratic coalition.
Another example: the recent race for an
at - large city council seat in the District of Columbia, which saw a candidate using geo - targeted Google content ads to send
potential voters to his NationBuilder site.
His
potential primary opponent, Rachel May, disagrees and says Valesky and his renegade colleagues have allowed Senate Republicans to block progressive legislation passed in the Assembly, including a series of bills aimed
at early voting and automatic
voter registration.
These seek to attract floating
voters, shore up core votes and woo
potential coalition partners, all
at the same time.
But ironically, keeping the WFP's ballot status, much less its spot
at Row E, appears to be increasingly a concern for party leaders and activists as the governor pushes for
voters to back him on the Women's Equality Party line, which is increasingly being seen as a rival for liberals» votes and
potential siphon away support from the WFP.
At least one of the candidates is feeling out
potential Republican
voters, as a recent poll asked about name recognition and preference for Massey, Faulkner, Ulrich and Catsimatidis.
More than 100 backbench Labour MPs are also thought to oppose the plan creating the
potential for a significant showdown between Gordon Brown and his own party
at a time when the polls show that many
voters think Labour would be better off with a new leader.
At the same time, gambling opponents pointed to the wording of the casino amendment that highlighted the
potential benefits of gambling, including an increase in economic development and school aid as a sign the administration was trying to sway
voters with non-neutral language (an effort to halt the amendment as it appears on the ballot was thwarted by a state judge this month).
An assistant to John Catsimatidis, the supermarket mogul who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for New York City mayor in 2013, sent a quasi-anonymous email poll asking
voters their thoughts on Mayor Bill de Blasio and his
potential rivals, a possible prelude to a second try
at Gracie Mansion for the businessman.
After the presidential primary in April was marred by complaints related to party registration — or lack thereof — the state Board of Elections is reminding
potential September primary
voters that mailed registration forms must be in hand by Aug. 24
at the latest.
A majority of New York City
voters continue to disapprove of Mayor Bill de Blasio's job performance, according to a Q poll released yesterday, but he would still probably fare well in a matchup against
at least two of his
potential Democratic primary rivals.
Hundreds of thousands of
potential voters remain uncertain about what, if any, forms of identification they will be required to include on their absentee ballots or to present
at their polling stations.
At this early stage, David Miliband is favourite to win the leadership election with two polls yesterday suggesting he had the support of 32 per cent of
voters - that's far more than any of his
potential rivals.
In Oneida County we need to register every
potential voter because
at the end of the day we aim to have an engaged and active citizenry who is invested in this community's future.»
Blue Labour's relationship with working class populism: Blue Labour has the
potential to gain support amongst white working class
voters who usually stay
at home on election day, by articulating populist themes.
2 votes in the general election was the difference here between having a Liberal Democrat MP and
potential resurgence next time around for the party as unionist
voters flock to them in opposition to the SNP, which might have allowed the party to retain the seat even with boundary changes
at the next general election, and what seems to be SNP representation for the foreseeable future as the unionist vote in North East Fife fractures off to the Conservatives.
To find out if their
potential voters agreed, Maibach and researchers
at Yale University polled 726
voters who identified themselves as Republicans or independents leaning towards the party.
But some of the uses of assessments are less popular;
voters seem to be wary of using state tests for either school or teacher accountability (
at least relative to other
potential measures).
Stating that it was a
potential grab to appeal to millennial
voters, Limbaugh said she had already hinted
at it when she stated she considered it outrageous that students have to take on so much debt to get a degree without the option to refinance federal loans.
Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older
voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the
voter turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested
at a remarkable 82 per cent among
potential voters between 65 and 74.
«We believe the bigger cause of low
voter turnout
at local elections - more than apathy - is that
potential voters feel uninformed» Says Beckett «These scorecards are our attempt to change that».
With the help of Cambridge Analytica, Mr. Trump's digital team used dark posts to serve different ads to different
potential voters, aiming to push the exact right buttons for the exact right people
at the exact right times.
In a November 2016 op - ed in The New York Times, he writes that President Donald Trump's digital team used hyper - targeted posts to serve different ads to different
potential voters, «aiming to push the exact right buttons»
at the right time.