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Note the plural: campaigns, hinting at the explanation: There are many campaigns, and they operate entirely independent from each other, at least when it comes

Note the plural: campaigns, hinting at the explanation: There are many campaigns, and they operate entirely independent from each other, at least when it comes to technology infrastructure. The reason for that is something that HN would usually respect, namely the attempt to keep ownership of information. So of course the old discussion about cloud services is being replayed here: "Why would you trust Google?" / "Why do you think my small company has better security than Google" / ... I'm pretty sure their next presidential candidate will activate 2-factor authentication etc.

yourbandsucks 8y ago
I'd say the reason is closer to parochialism and/or intraparty rivalry in primaries. The beginning of every campaign is buying information and the end is selling it. Ever donate to a candidate? Notice an increase in emails from same-party candidates afterwards?
mushufasa 8y ago
One of the interesting experiments of the 2016 election was that all local and national campaigns were rolled into one Coordinated Campaign. With shared offices/tech/infrastructure. That brings downsides, but also upsides: it becomes feasible to give everyone a standard security solution for tech. Still hard to train everyone to use it, but not impossible.