Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Presidential Campaigns Keep in Touch With Voters

By SPYING on them!!!!!!!! 

"Presidential campaigns mining voters’ online data

The 2012 election could be decided by which campaign is best at exploiting voters’ Internet data....

The practice, known as ‘‘microtargeting,’’ has been a staple of product marketing. Now it’s facing the greatest test of its political impact in the race for the White House.

Campaigns have worked for years to target subsets of voters, but the growing sophistication of data-mining tools has allowed campaigns to dig deeply into voters’ online habits, giving politicians an unparalleled ability to personalize messages.

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