By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--June 11, 2017
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The billionaire GOP patron behind Trump's social media bot army A GOP donor who once had ties to IBM is the man behind the millions of Twitter bots President Trump counts on as followers who could be employed to target voters with misleading or fake news on social media. In order for it to work, the scheme relies on the quiet guidance of Robert Mercer, a reclusive Republican mega-donor and staunch Trump supporter, sources told the Daily News.
“President Obama's campaign manager hired an analytics department five times as large as that of the 2008 operation.“In late spring, the backroom number crunchers who powered Barack Obama's campaign to victory noticed that George Clooney had an almost gravitational tug on West Coast females ages 40 to 49. The women were far and away the single demographic group most likely to hand over cash, for a chance to dine in Hollywood with Clooney — and Obama. “So as they did with all the other data collected, stored and analyzed in the two-year drive for re-election, Obama's top campaign aides decided to put this insight to use. They sought out an East Coast celebrity who had similar appeal among the same demographic, aiming to replicate the millions of dollars produced by the Clooney contest.
- “Senior Obama campaign data crunchers agreed to describe their cutting-edge efforts with TIME
- “What they revealed was a massive data effort that helped Obama raise $1 billion
- “They remade the process of targeting TV ads and created detailed models of swing-state voters
"We were blessed with an overflowing menu of options, but we chose Sarah Jessica Parker," explains a senior campaign adviser. And so the next Dinner with Barack contest was born: a chance to eat at Parker's West Village brownstone.”Related: How the Obama campaign won the race for voter data According to the TwitterAudit 42% percent of Trump’s Twitter followers are fake. Hillary’s followers are 52% fake. (as of this morning) Some bots are more equal and energetic than others. With the Russia/Trump collusion conspiracy now an epic fail, the lib-left are trying to ban President Trump from Twitter use. But with 95 per cent of the MSM against him, Twitter is the only effective way of getting his message to the masses. Meanwhile the hating for the sake of hatred will explore all avenues looking for ways to impeach President Trump, while all those who voted him in and those who approve of what he’s doing to pull America out of the swamp are praying daily: God protect Donald Trump and all members of his family.
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