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 As far as I can see, 100% of the FB ads are asking for campaign contributions. That is not going to convince anybody of anything.
by asdf on Thu Jun 13th, 2019 at 03:15:45 AM EST
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Anything that looks like a political ad on FB probably isn't one. They spend money on boosting posts so that they will show up in the feeds of targeted demographics. It "works" best if the target doesn't notice they are being targeted.
As anyone who has curated a fb page knows, you are constantly being invited to pay to boost your reach. Whether you are selling goods or services, vanity publishing or a political influencer, makes no difference to fb, the money tastes the same.

Electoral advertising on fb is illegal in France (and rightly so), so I was surprised at the sum of 1.5 million euros spent in the electoral season on political targeting. Consulting fb's reporting, it turns out to be institutional -- the EU Parliament itself spent half a million, then you've got Greenpeace and various other non partisan outfits.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Fri Jun 14th, 2019 at 10:08:29 AM EST
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Seattle campaign finance program gives voters $100 to donate, H.R.1 "child process"
Seattle officials mail each voter four $25 "Democracy Vouchers" that they can give to City Council or city attorney candidates, split among different candidates, or choose not to donate. Voucher money not used by voters remains in city coffers.
in merica "money talks, bullshit" lays around analyzing big data
Candidates took in $1.1 million during the program's first round in the 2017 cycle.

Supporters say the program draws in candidates who otherwise would not consider running and forces politicians to pay attention to smaller donors. The city's 2017 City Council race featured 15 primary candidates, with three-quarters applying for the vouchers and nearly half saying they would not have run without them, according to a report commissioned by the city.

This year, 72 candidates registered to compete for seven seats, making the race by several measures the most competitive in more than 15 years.

But "68 percent of Americans said the country should not pay cash reparations to African American descendants of slaves ", because "rising tide, all boats" has worked so well separating "the chaff from the wheat" in the universe of mixed metaphorical "democracy".

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Jun 20th, 2019 at 02:40:21 PM EST
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