To target them with personalized political messages and
influence their voting behavior.
According to one expert who researches how internet platforms
influence voting behavior, it's extremely unlikely Cambridge Analytica's activities on Facebook impacted the outcome of the election more than Google's platform was exploited to support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
In the following chart we see that, as it would be expected, the Common Core issue should greatly
influence the voting behavior of Champions and Dissidents.
Not exact matches
Those appointments are important because commissioners»
votes can affect the
behavior of corporations,
influence the returns on your retirement savings, and shape the economy altogether.
The most offensive aspect of Romney's is its crude application of the theory that economic incentives not only
influence but determine political
behavior, including
voting.
But the truthiness of the narrative is irrelevant - only the level of
influence the narrative has on
voting behavior.
In short, if a sense of doom and gloom about society can
influence people's
voting behavior, it can
influence the direction of a country — and it might already have for the US, the UK, and elsewhere.
Fowler emphasizes that
behaviors other than
voting won't necessarily be
influenced in the same way.
Unlike other studies that have looked at the
influence of social media on election outcomes, their study, «More Tweets, More
Votes: Social Media as a Quantitative Indicator of Political
Behavior,» took into account such variables as incumbency, partisanship, media coverage, and socio - demographic makeup of the electorate.
Although the research is mixed on Catholic schools»
influence on test scores, their students are more likely to graduate from high school, attend college, earn higher wages, and engage in pro-social
behaviors like
voting and volunteerism.