Political Opinions for Sale? Democrats Consider Selling Voter Data
State Democratic parties formed a cooperative to sell their voter data. Now they're looking for commercial customers.
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State Democratic parties formed a cooperative to sell their voter data. Now they're looking for commercial customers.
Campaigns are using more and more sophisticated tactics to target voters. Case in point: One Pandora user got a pop-up asking if she would share her email with the Romney campaign.
In one sense, campaigns are doing a more sophisticated version of what they've always done through the post office 2014 sending political fliers to selected households. But the Internet allows for more subtle targeting.
Here's a guide to what we know -- and what we don't -- about the information Obama is collecting about voters.
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