Despite receiving the support of local Conservative members and several leading Tory MPs, Goldsmith's decision to resign from the Conservative party in protest at the decision to build a new airport runway in his constituency meant he was barred from accessing the crucial
local voter data he required.
Not exact matches
The agency used the
data to launch «
voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on
local government officials, according to the NSA document.
And according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the
data to launch «
voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on
local government officials.
Local voters know this is a laughable statement, given the dismal employment
data released last week showing the Slaughter tax and spend record has been devastating our economy and keeping millions of Americans out of work.
Taking their lead from some of the best US campaigns, parties have been making extensive use of polling,
local intelligence from
voters, and additional useful information like consumer
data, to produce microtargeted campaigns to raise turnout amongst specific groups in target seats.
Having access to big
data and using it to target specific groups of people allows libraries to build larger audiences of supporters and, in turn, influence
voters and
local politicians who hold the purse strings to a well - funded library.
In another case, in the late stages of the November election, Schweickert said the company acquired
data on
voters who voted early —
data it collected from
local counties and states — and linked the information to individual Facebook profiles.