WorKid wrote:That's a weird argument. Anyway my argument is that all this focus on Cambridge Analytica, Russia, Facebook etc misses the actual story regarding Trump and Brexit. Maybe it had an impact. I doubt it swung anything measurable in the UK. In the US the email server was a problem, but I don't know if it moved enough from D to R. People seemed pretty set by then. Thinner margins there of course. There are very real, very tangible reasons why people turned to Trump, to UKIP, to leaving the EU, to draining the swamp. Any liberal ignoring that is in real danger of getting caught out again next time round, which would be hugely careless verging on stupid.
The centrists don't have anything to offer anymore other than carry on the way it was before and trust the elite to manage things. A scare campaign might be just enough after 4 years of Trump, but it won't be long before the next nutjob comes along and beats them again.WorKid wrote:Agree, but there needs to be some effort expended. The only solution the Democrats seem to be offering right now is We're not Trump.
Shady social media marketing during a campaign is going to be pretty insignificant against decades of newspaper and TV messaging though.GooberTheHat wrote:Companies spend millions of pounds each year on marketing because it has no effect whatsoever.
Yep, and same goes for the US. They've spent decades reducing politics to buzzwords, soundbites and personalities. And then Trump comes along with his moronic buzzwords, soundbites and personality that touch a nerve with some people, and the lack of substance doesn't matter anymore.monkey wrote:A lot of things were the thing that tipped the result over the line though. If Boris Johnson hadn’t joined Leave, if Cameron wasn’t so untrustworthy, if Leave hadn’t lied, if Leave hadn’t cheated. There’s probably 2-3 percentage points in all of those. But It’s all built on a bedrock of solid ignorance and stupidity that’s been decades in the making.
I_R wrote:Shady social media marketing during a campaign is going to be pretty insignificant against decades of newspaper and TV messaging though.GooberTheHat wrote:Companies spend millions of pounds each year on marketing because it has no effect whatsoever.
hunk wrote:Only FB and CA are able to determine the effectiveness of the online campaign.
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