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The amount that they spent on advertising might be small, but the amount that they spent on managing troll accounts stoking conspiracy theories definitely wasn'
by lern_too_spel 7y ago
The amount that they spent on advertising might be small, but the amount that they spent on managing troll accounts stoking conspiracy theories definitely wasn't, with hundreds of accounts removed on multiple platforms. Neither campaign is legally allowed to use that trick, which is evidently very effective by how many people are seen spouting political conspiracy theories these days.
- lern_too_spel 7y agoThe fact that the trolling campaign was effective can be seen in GP's erroneous claim that the DNC was "caught out in throwing the Democratic nomination to Hillary." Nobody with any sense would believe that conspiracy theory (Clinton beat Sanders by so many votes that the very idea that the DNC would feel the need to cheat in her favor is laughable) without being bombarded by trolls continuously putting forth that claim.
- mlspr01 7y agohttps://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/dnc-superdelegates-110083 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/dnc-superdelegates-... This... They literally changed the rules because people were so upset that the superdelegates went against the popular vote which was for Bernie. Now they want to change them back because he has a chance of winning...
- lern_too_spel 7y agoClinton won the popular vote against Bernie (16,914,722 vs. 13,206,428) by a larger margin than she won the popular vote against Trump (65,853,514 vs. 62,984,828), despite fewer total votes due to Sanders dropping out from such a walloping. The fact that you thought otherwise is the kind of thing only a disinformation trolling campaign can achieve.