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Oct 27, 2024, 08:27 PM
 
Did he grow up poor though, or just middle class?

At this point in the campaign I'm getting texts from both parties (or people pretending to be them) asking for money. Like, no. I have my yard signs.
     
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Oct 28, 2024, 12:29 AM
 
I’m only getting texts for local races. I guess my number hasn’t been sold up the chain yet.

Email spam is relentless from both teams though. All ask for money. Curiously, Apple Mail has categorized Trump/Vance spam as junk.
     
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Oct 28, 2024, 07:50 AM
 
But is money really what is missing? I am under the impression that both sides have plenty of money. Why ask for more? Ok, in Trump's case, I have a good guess. But what about the Democrats?
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Oct 28, 2024, 10:43 AM
 
It used to be for $$$ TV ads. Now with streaming not sure how many eyeballs see ads.

Perhaps all those spammy emails/texts are spendy?

For some reason how much war chest someone has is seen as an indicator of popularity almost as much as voting.
     
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Oct 28, 2024, 11:02 AM
 
Dems are pretty well set on money. Big advantages across the board, largely from grassroots donations.

Trump was short, unable to match Harris in ad spending outside of PA and Georgia. Recent support from billionaires has made that easier, but I think his ad spends are still short of Harris' in some swing states.

The candidates who are starving for cash are the down-ballot Rs. After taking over the RNC, Lara Trump vowed all that money would go to Trump. It's supposed to support lesser office races across the nation. So R senators, house candidates, governors, state offices -- they're all strapped for cash.
     
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Oct 28, 2024, 11:25 AM
 
From the spam…

“As you read this, we are being outspent by the Trump campaign and right-wing super PACs in key battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and North Carolina.

If we lose these states, we lose the election.

We know that sounds scary, but we’re sharing this because there are still nine days to do something about it.”
     
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Oct 28, 2024, 11:39 AM
 
Someone's doing some gentle lying there. It's true that anyone who loses those 4 states will lose the election. But the last figures I've seen, Trump and Harris are matching spending in PA and GA. Harris is outspending Trump in each of the other 5 swing states. With enough cash to spare, she's been releasing millions to down-ballot Dems. If right-wing PACs increase Trump's cash in swing states, Harris will just match it.

Here are more lies:
• "Your donations will be matched." Or doubled, or tripled. This is BS - there's no special donor doing careful matching. Read all the fine print - the special someone is never identified.
• "We have an upcoming deadline for fundraising." More BS - and the supposed deadline is never identified. They're happy to accept donations even after the election - it rolls over to the next election.
     
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Oct 28, 2024, 11:44 AM
 
Originally Posted by reader50 View Post
Someone's doing some gentle lying there.
Say it ain’t so!!!
     
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Oct 29, 2024, 06:58 AM
 
Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
It used to be for $$$ TV ads. Now with streaming not sure how many eyeballs see ads.
The ads are all over streaming, too, especially the big platforms that now do ads. There are also special events (like the World Series) which charge a lot more for ad time. Over the past four WS games, I have seen a metric ton of pro-Trump anti-trans ads, and nary a Harris ad.
     
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Oct 29, 2024, 10:41 AM
 
I need to figure out how to share my YouTube premium account with my kids. My son likes watching gaming content on YouTube but he does it without being signed in, so he's getting blasted with political ads. I got my daughter set up on YouTube kids with my account so I think she's ad-free, which is nice.

Hulu is the only ad-supported streaming service we use so I'm just putting off Only Murders until after the election. Or maybe for good? Every single character in that show is annoying and unlikeable. I'd rather watch New Girl reruns.
     
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:39 AM
 
Originally Posted by Thorzdad View Post
The ads are all over streaming, too, especially the big platforms that now do ads. There are also special events (like the World Series) which charge a lot more for ad time. Over the past four WS games, I have seen a metric ton of pro-Trump anti-trans ads, and nary a Harris ad.
Do you use a VPN?

I can see Harris skipping ad spends in red states, but the Trump team should skip them too. Here in CA, I'm only getting snailmail ads for local and state races.

But my VPN is getting me online ads for Trump, Harris, and multiple San Francisco local races. I'm not in that area, and my usual VPN server is in Los Angeles. Someone's trying to match up VPN users to real locations, with lots of wrong guesses.

So I'm thinking the Trump team thinks you're actually in a swing state, while the Harris team doesn't think so. Switch your VPN server to a (different?) swing state, and watch the political ads come in. I wouldn't try a PA server right now. Those guys are getting clobbered.
     
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Oct 30, 2024, 06:05 AM
 
Nope. No VPN.
     
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Nov 6, 2024, 07:23 PM
 
Just got more spam asking to donate.
     
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