Analyzing the Facebook ads placed by the US presidential candidates

Re:Analyzing the Facebook ads placed by the US presidential ... by bengotow on Saturday August 10, 2019 @04:00PM (#20664206)

This is super cool! I'd be really curious to see how the messaging to particular demographics compares as well. Wild that the Trump campaign is spending so much money...

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Re:Analyzing the Facebook ads placed by the US presidential ... by eanzenberg on Saturday August 10, 2019 @05:51PM (#20664696)

Why? The D's as a group are outspending Trump, in fact the top 3 D's are outspending Trump. I'd be interested to see this type of analysis for the 2016 (and 2012 and 2008) elections.

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Re:Analyzing the Facebook ads placed by the US presidential ... by chillacy on Saturday August 10, 2019 @09:29PM (#20665636)

Well it surprises me because Trump already has the nomination and it's not even time for the general election yet, the D's are essentially running right now, Trump is preparing to run.

Edit: actually looking at his ads, they're asking for fundraising so that makes sense if he's getting positive ROI.

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Re:Analyzing the Facebook ads placed by the US presidential ... by lettergram on Sunday August 11, 2019 @12:53AM (#20666310)

Trump doesn’t technically have the nomination yet - https://fortune.com/2019/04/22/republican-presidential-candi...

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Re:Analyzing the Facebook ads placed by the US presidential ... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday August 10, 2019 @05:03PM (#20664506)

I wonder how effective it all is. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out it’s mostly wasted money.

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