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Silicon Valley megadonors unleash a last-minute, $100 million barrage of ads against Trump
Vox ^ | Oct 20 | By Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 10/20/2020 10:04:01 AM PDT by RandFan

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1 posted on 10/20/2020 10:04:01 AM PDT by RandFan
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Ask them how much they pay in taxes

Ask them how they account for stagnating degrees wages in the tech industry while they all are multibilliomaires


2 posted on 10/20/2020 10:05:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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They write the tax code! Nancy makes sure of that.


3 posted on 10/20/2020 10:06:47 AM PDT by RandFan (3C)
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In 1988, Silicon Valley went for GHWB (slightly over Dukasis), and has veered hard left ever since. It was depressing living there (politically).


4 posted on 10/20/2020 10:06:53 AM PDT by CatOwner
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Total waste of money.


5 posted on 10/20/2020 10:07:43 AM PDT by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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Agree.. the volume of ads is irrelevant and unlikely to work


6 posted on 10/20/2020 10:09:18 AM PDT by RandFan (3C)
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Once money reaches a certain point, it really doesn’t help that much. In fact, you can actually alienate “in the middle” voters with too many ads.

You need enough money to get your message out solidly. After that, it reaches a point of diminishing returns.


7 posted on 10/20/2020 10:12:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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A megabucks barrage of ads will work as well for Joe Biden as it did for Michael Bloomers.


8 posted on 10/20/2020 10:14:38 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: fatman6502002

I agree. Adds were effective when the voters were vulnerable to them. Now they have been inoculated against them by exposure to them over the years. Call it heard immunity. Of course the consultants know this but they stand to loose millions on dollars once the buyers realize this.


9 posted on 10/20/2020 10:16:01 AM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served co)
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To: RandFan

Trump won on a shoestring in 2016. He’s going all out this year: a whole shoe!

And he’s gonna shellac’em!


10 posted on 10/20/2020 10:16:04 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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You need enough money to get your message out solidly. After that, it reaches a point of diminishing returns.


On top of that, they actually need a message as to why anyone would vote for them, and four years of “orange man bad” isn’t going to do it.

They are so screwed, I don’t think they know it yet


11 posted on 10/20/2020 10:16:06 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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They know they’re screwed if he’s re-elected.

Good.


12 posted on 10/20/2020 10:16:19 AM PDT by moovova
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Not acting like they are in the lead...


13 posted on 10/20/2020 10:16:57 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (In this circus called the Democrat Party, Biden is the monkey and Harris is the organ grinder...)
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To: fatman6502002

At least they’re putting this small percentage of their total outlays against Trump rather putting a million per pop into congressional elections, which in many cases are buyable.


14 posted on 10/20/2020 10:18:14 AM PDT by hardspunned (MAGA, now more than ever)
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India looking forward to tech jobs if Biden-Harris win


15 posted on 10/20/2020 10:19:29 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: cuban leaf

I toss 5-6 large political postcards in the recycle everyday. YouTube has become almost unwatchable with their political ads....TV the same.

If people don’t know who they’re voting for by now...they don’t even rise to the level of sheep.


16 posted on 10/20/2020 10:19:34 AM PDT by moovova
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Biden-Harris bought at banner ad at the top of youtube page

So basically they are spending ad money on their own sites and getting it back


17 posted on 10/20/2020 10:21:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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Hey silicon valley. If you wake up some night and feel the 9.0 earthquake starting or the 300 ft tidal wave approaching get down on your knees and pray to God...not Biden..to stop it.


18 posted on 10/20/2020 10:21:21 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (Biden's)
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Future Forward has remained under the radar???? That’s a joke. Here in the Delaware Valley they’ve sponsored what seems like every third or fourth political ad. Until this article I had no idea who FF was.


19 posted on 10/20/2020 10:24:52 AM PDT by DelVoter
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The valley is full of millionaires and billionaires,, sane ones will vote R.. but sadly, few of them seem to exist or acknowledge they exist or care.

They prefer milking the ATMcow of a gubamint coffer this state has become.


20 posted on 10/20/2020 10:27:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! Help beat the leftist media at their own game.)
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