Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Why are we uncritically quoting from Brad Parscale and other Trump campaign operatives, who have every incentive to claim their tactics were the reason for Trump's win? There is no actual objective evidence that their Facebook ad targeting strategy actually mattered very much. — PolitiTweet.org

“Facebook and Twitter were the reason we won this thing. Twitter for Mr. Trump. And Facebook for fundraising." -Bra… https://t.co/Aw2gAOpFht

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@mattyglesias Ehh, I don't quite think that's the point. It's also that cities vary a lot in the quality of food you're likely to eat even if you *do* face considerable constraints and *aren't* willing to put that much effort into it. In fact, they may vary more there than at the high end. — PolitiTweet.org

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You're omitting the key context here. Those are the rates the Trump campaign realized *within the first few days*, the story says. Not on a sustained basis. Any type of advertising will be more effective with a small, initial buy when you're targeting low-hanging fruit. — PolitiTweet.org

@NateSilver538 Per the WSJ today, FB's advanced targeting tools meant "every dollar that the Trump campaign spent o… https://t.co/kLwbsO1DU1

Posted Nov. 23, 2019 Hibernated