Sentences with phrase «on potential voters»

This is not the first - time candidates used social media to gain information on potential voters.

Research shows that favorable comments on social networks can have a buoyant effect on potential voters» views of candidates.

«Facebook effect: Research shows comments about candidates have impact on potential voters.»

Many campaigns are taking advantage of this huge mass of data to not only communicate with their current and potential supporters, but also to gain significant intelligence on potential voters.

They used it to build profiles on potential voters for use in political campaigns.

That information should have remained with Kogan, but he instead gave it to Cambridge Analytica, an analytics firm best known for its work on the Donald Trump campaign, which used it to build profiles on potential voters for GOP candidates.

Nix claims that they possess between four and five thousand data points on every potential voter, after combining the personality test results with «attitudinal» data, such as credit card spending patterns, consumer preferences, Facebook likes, and civic and political engagement.

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.

Levine, a former member of President Obama's economic policy team, notes that almost all political candidates are on her service these days and using it in interesting ways to campaign and connect with potential voters.

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

Those systemic problems have dramatically worsened since the presidential election, with Facebook coming under intense fire on multiple fronts: Russian operatives using Facebook to manipulate voter sentiment during the presidential election, Facebook accounts spreading «fake» news, the potential for its advertising system to be used for racist targeting and its slow response to violent or harmful content on the platform.

Irish voters will vote on May 25 on the potential of repealing the abortion ban.

Consider this passage: On Sunday afternoon, potential voters in Atlantic waited for Romney at the Family Table....

Political leaders have always been keenly aware that religious traditions represented a reservoir of potential support and frequently appealed to voters on the basis of religious values.

Also, the integrity of our elected officials (on both sides, BTW) that continue to pander to and dumb down the voters in this country in an effort not to alienate any potential voter.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

Bill de Blasio asks this of each potential voter as he stands outside of Trader Joe's on 21st Street in Manhattan.

For instance, if you're running a candidate's site, be sure you have the kind of resources that potential voters and donors are looking for, including the candidate's positions on issues, his or her bio, instructions on how to register to vote (it never hurts), speeches or audio / video clips if you have them and easy and obvious opportunities to volunteer or to give money.

The technique's focus on digital behaviour obviously limits its view of the election outcome, although the fact that it includes around two million relevant searches per month means it represents perhaps the largest sampling of potential voter interest currently available.

Why didn't John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ron Paul, or anyone else get in on the possibility of reaching 20 million or more Facebook users and potential voters?

I'm sure that quite a few of those potential donors, volunteers and voters are already on her own list, but many won't be — and now she can hit them up directly for money and time.

Moreover, the spreadsheet of potential volunteers or donors gets longer and longer as volunteers in the field log contacts about voters in the field who say they want to volunteer for the campaign, or as people signup on the website or engage on social media, and interact with emails and digital content.

Of course, I'm sure it stirred up a certain amount of silliness and the kind of commentary not to be repeated on a family television show, but I have a hard time believing that the video swayed many potential primary voters either way (I will, however, guaran - damn - tee that it will have a very positive effect on the modeling career of one Amber Lee Ettinger).

Especially given the complexities inherent in the world today (and therefore the depth of detail, legal obscurities, and the like represented in actual legislation), the ordinary voter in a democracy may find his or her time better spent on other activities than doing enough research in order to form an opinion on each potential piece of legislation.

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.

Just as campaigns send out «walk lists» of potential supporters for volunteers to visit based on the voter file, they could provide volunteers with an «email list» of neighbors for them to contact directly.

And since Cambridge Analytica was working for Donald Trump, had worked on Brexit, and was making practical use of this psychological research and not only targeted potential Trump voters but also tried to depress potential Clinton voters from casting their vote, the public outrage was high.

SNAP is not the only issue on voters» minds, but opponents are quick to exploit what they see as a potential vulnerability.

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.

I'd argue that the potential for wearable tech to make a difference in politics is there, but it's still far from obvious or inevitable — and for any kind of voter - facing use, it will depend on how widely Google Glass seeps into the general public because of that «weird» factor.

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.

«Having sensible views on immigration and defence is ethical and doesn't turn me into a raging right winger or closet racist and is probably in line with what most potential Labour voters want.»

To be frank his views made what should have been an easy decision into a difficult one.I don't trust Smith and will back Jeremy again but I am concerned.Having sensible views on immigration and defence is ethical and doesn't turn me into a raging right winger or closet racist and is probably in line with what most potential Labour voters want.I'd like to think that more will join our party and that Corbyn will continue democratizing it, giving us the opportunity to shape policy ourselves.

Pollsters have repeatedly included the former Central Brooklyn state senator alongside Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Comptroller Scott Stringer when surveying voters on potential primary match - ups.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday appeared unconcerned with a potential primary challenge from actress and advocate Cynthia Nixon, saying he's ready to put his record before voters as he seeks a third term.

So Smith wants a Labour Government then with his call for another referendum on the EC (not accepting the democratic will of he people) the first thing he does is slap 17m Out voters in the face and a significant number of these are potential Labour voters!

Yesterday alone, activists made 55,000 phone calls to potential voters, and party organisations like Liberal Youth galvanised activists into phoning and knocking on doors.

Experts on social media were used so that potential Conservative voters could be identified and communicated with on specific issues important to them.

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.

Speaking directly to potential voters, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the Republican NYC mayoral candidate, sat down with the Staten Island Advance for a 30 - minute Facebook Live interview last night, answering questions from viewers on transportation, housing, drug addiction, education and more.

CROTON - ON - HUDSON — Two Democrats vying for the office of Westchester County executive addressed a church full of potential voters on Sunday, discussing their plans to unseat Republican incumbent Rob Astorino and urging them to participate in November's electioON - HUDSON — Two Democrats vying for the office of Westchester County executive addressed a church full of potential voters on Sunday, discussing their plans to unseat Republican incumbent Rob Astorino and urging them to participate in November's electioon Sunday, discussing their plans to unseat Republican incumbent Rob Astorino and urging them to participate in November's election.

The poll also tested the likeliest reasons voters would decide not to vote for Cuomo, effectively trying out potential liberal lines of attack on the governor.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Speaking directly to potential voters, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis sat down with the Advance for a 30 - minute Facebook Live interview Monday evening, answering questions from viewers on transportation, housing, drug addiction, education and more.

Jennifer Maertz, a former Democratic state Senate candidate and an activist on women's rights issues, was in Cutchogue Sunday collecting signatures and speaking with potential voters about the new party platform.

Right now it is offered through the Department of Motor Vehicles and other agencies, but potential voters need to fill out additional lines on the forms.

City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee, which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D. cards was problematic given the Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging voter registration through other agencies.

The non-binding resolution concludes that if New Jersey voters approve a casino expansion in November, New York lawmakers will ask Gov. Andrew Cuomo to direct the New York State Gaming Commission to perform a market study of the potential impact the New Jersey casinos may have on the state and its existing casino licensees.

Other potential Labour voters opted not to care, on the basis that the party did not really seem to care either.

Voters in those impacted areas remain mixed on the potential outcomes: 37 percent believe casinos will have positive benefits to their region, while 31 percent expect a negative outcome.

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).