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thisdogofmine t1_ivt6i6m wrote

Looks like an echo chamber. What's the point in advertising to people most likely to vote your way? Seems like these should be reversed.

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JoshuaACNewman t1_ivt6u2c wrote

Because the most central part of voting is getting your base to vote at all. You’d be right if more of us voted, but most people don’t, and that’s largely because of our first to the post system.

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sifterandrake t1_ivwp3y4 wrote

If you are invested in a renewable energy venture (say solar) then who do you want to put your ads in front of? You have a product to sell and you want people to buy it. So you advertise to the people you think are most likely to buy it.

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