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Trump may have scratched together $102 million but that war chest is dwarfed by combined Democrat and/or anti Trump spending. projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-campaign-…
Donald likes the Facebook and although Twitter is ad free Trump does that weird Tourettes Tweeting to the follow back daisy chain world where JesusMurricaFlagMAGA housewives have 100K followers and follow 100K JesusMurricaFlagMAGA housewives back. opensecrets.org/news/2019/11/d…
Obama pioneered the use of social media for ads and fundraising. Trump mastered the excitable nature and the Dems are stiff fumbling around with how to use social media. TV gets the poor and old people out but who will win The Facebook Wars? wsj.com/articles/presi…
One of the problems Facebookers live in carefully curated fantasy worlds surrounded by likeminded and often false emotional and political wallpaper. It is possible never to see a right wing ad as a leftie and vice versa. dailydot.com/layer8/faceboo…
The problem is that candidates need to "Do" things to focus media and social media. Trump owns that landscape and just going to rallies and whining is not as impactful. Yes media can sway but it's time for contenders to "look" nd "act" Presidential apa.org/monitor/2012/0…
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