Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The Liberal case against Bernie [View all]betsuni
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of undecided voters, like Cambria County in Pennsylvania and Appleton, Wisconsin. In other words, a lot of people were online trying to get to the bottom of these many claims and conspiracy theories before casting their votes. Too often, what they found was more misinformation and Russian-directed propaganda."
"We know that swing voters in were inundated. According to Senator Warner, 'Women and African Americans were targeted in places like Wisconsin and Michigan.' One study found that in Michigan alone nearly half of all political news on Twitter in the final days before the election were false or misleading propaganda. Senator Warner has rightly asked: 'How did they know to go to that level of detail in those kinds of jurisdictions?' Interestingly, the Russians made a particular effort to target voters who had supported Bernie Sanders in the primaries, including by planting fake news on pro-Sanders message boards and Facebook groups ... ."
"It wasn't Bernie and it wasn't the Russians. It was ours to lose." LOL -- Americans do not carefully examine each party's policies and vote accordingly.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden