7. Campaign tactics and effects

Question 1

Name of Trump’s facebook man

Answer 1

Brad Parscale

Question 2

what is it called to target individuals with online ads?

Answer 2

microtargeting

Question 3

Name of guy who measured rainfall in aftermath of MLK’s assasination as random treattment? what did the experiment suggest?

Answer 3

Wasow

while whites proximate to non violent protest saw increased support for Dems, those close to violent protest shifted toward republicans
and he argues this tipped the election

Question 4

why might race protest today be more impactful on vote choice

Answer 4

the parties werent as distinct before and therefore for protest activity to have an impact on voter choice you need to know who to therefore support which you cant do if there isnt much difference between the two parties

Question 5

what are the trends of white support for BLM?

Answer 5

most white americans dont support BLM

while white support for BLM peaked after Floyd’s murder, support has gone down now, getting closer to where opinion was before

Question 6

at this moment, do the public trust biden or trump more with maintaining law and order?

Answer 6

biden

Question 7

more people call themselves ____ when ___ policies are more popular

Answer 7

conservative

liberal

Question 8

who originally embraced the liberal label? and when did the term turn into a word nobody really knew what it meant? then what happened?

Answer 8

FDR

60s

then that cup was filled witht the association to critiques of the country, protests, and racially progressive views, and therefore making it something of an insult up to present day