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Facebook and Apple’s privacy war is mucking up voter turnout efforts
- 1cvmask 5y agoI have always been amazed at the high voter turnout in many countries (even in the pre Facebook days). I think a big part of it is because your vite counts in most countries as they don’t have the equivalent of a first-past-the-post type of system like the electoral college. Many people in the Bay area didn’t vote in the Presidential election because they knew the outcome for sure. I assume it’s the same sentiment in Texas and New York State.
- rp1 5y agoThis is a common trope, and I used to believe it myself, but I now think the cause of voter apathy is a failure of the education system. Is the result of the popular vote for president known in some states? Definitely yes. But voting is about so much more than who is president of the country. You also vote for your representative, your senators, the board of education, and local political positions. The last two happen way more frequently than a presidential election. The fact that people don't think about this means that they don't fully understand the impact of their vote, which is something that could be taught better in school. I know that I didn't have a full appreciation for it until I bought property and had a more vested interest in what was going on around me.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoThe privacy measures don't really make ads less effective though, do they? It just makes it harder for advertisers to get metrics back.. People will still see the ads and will still click on them but they lose out on the reporting of who clicked what. I don't think this is a bad thing at all. I feel like political messaging has become so tuned by marketers to what we want to hear rather than what politicians actually are planning to do, that I think it's very good to block metrics as much as I can. Politics needs to become more real again.