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chuck-fu

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It still amazes me that ads are so impactful at this point in the game.


I'm assuming that they are, or else these big spends would not take place.

It also supports the notion that a foreign influencer can very much impact votes with misinformation campaigns and that people who say "Show me one person who changed their vote due to X" are ignorant of the shortcomings of our own minds.

I always use the example of "Why don't you see people drinking Royal Crown cola anymore?". When i was a kid (i'm 46), RC was a legit option that some preferred. Then Coke and Pepsi went bananas on adds in the 80's and suddenly nobody prefers RC anymore. I don't think their tastebuds changed, but their mindset did, due to continual, tiny changes from ad bombardment.


(In response to this post by wahoo138)

Posted: 10/27/2020 at 10:14AM



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Bloomberg is going into Texas and Ohio with an ad blitz -- wahoo138 10/27/2020 08:10AM
  You're assuming they are without any evidence. -- Faz d. Hoo 10/27/2020 1:02PM
  Don't bet against Bloomberg. There is -- Shenhoo 10/27/2020 08:54AM
  Haha, I was going to say the opposite -- Faz d. Hoo 10/27/2020 09:14AM
  Sometimes nice guys do finish first ** -- Tuckahokie 10/27/2020 09:31AM
  Should have been hearing more, IMHO. May be too little too late -- Capital City Hoo 10/27/2020 09:00AM
  Both Economist and 538 put Ohio at 58% odds for Trump. -- hoolstoptheheels 10/27/2020 08:54AM
  I don’t trust Ohio or Florida ** -- hooshouse 10/27/2020 09:05AM
  Because there is no rational explanation for that feeling -- Capital City Hoo 10/27/2020 09:02AM
  History. ** -- Hoobedoobedoo 10/27/2020 09:01AM
  High voter turnout. But it will be close. ** -- WahooRQ 10/27/2020 09:00AM
  I don’t know a ton about OH this year. -- WahooMatt05 10/27/2020 08:52AM
  Razor thin margin ** -- wahoo138 10/27/2020 08:44AM
  Biden +3 in a new poll this am fwiw ** -- WaxHoo 10/27/2020 08:38AM
  Indicates a very competitive state -- wahoo138 10/27/2020 08:27AM
  Cell or land line? ** -- Shenhoo 10/27/2020 08:16AM
  Land line.. I never pick them up ** -- Plano Hoo 10/27/2020 08:17AM
  HIDDEN BIDEN VOTE! ** -- wahoo138 10/27/2020 08:28AM
  Old technology, probably trump. ** -- 81_Hokie 10/27/2020 08:36AM

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