{"id":461,"date":"2020-02-17T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T21:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2020-02-17T15:10:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T21:10:09","slug":"how-campaigns-make-the-political-really-really-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/how-campaigns-make-the-political-really-really-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"How campaigns make the political really, really personal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minority-report.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-467\" width=\"450\"\/><figcaption>Coming to a campaign near you. <em>(Credit Twentieth Century Fox)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I could \u2014 and almost certainly will \u2014 go on at length about my favorite-best and favorite-worst political ads, and this election season is sure to produce some doozies. But those classic ads are just a part of the many and increasingly creative ways campaigns are finding to cram their message into your brain. Political advertisers are always looking for new and innovative ways to not just get your eyes but to get your attention, and you may or may not like the results. Here are just a few ways they\u2019re doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Warning; This has the potential to get ranty. But come on, you know you\u2019re here for it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text messages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No, text isn\u2019t anything new. And, theoretically, it shouldn\u2019t be anything much \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/fcc-rules-political-robocalls-and-robotexts-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the FCC\u2019s policy regarding robotexts (opens in a new tab)\">the FCC\u2019s policy regarding robotexts<\/a> is similar to the one regarding robocalls, and political campaigns (and other entities) are required to gain your consent before they start autodialing you. But campaigns and campaign-adjacent organizations didn\u2019t get where they are by being stupid, and numerous peer-to-peer texting companies have popped to help candidates get around that pesky rule. Because they\u2019re sending <em>personal<\/em> text messages, see, from a <em>person<\/em>, <em>without <\/em>autodialing, and that makes it okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media, it would appear, just isn\u2019t getting the job done, and campaigns are always looking for ways to reach you directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>[Rep. Jennifer Wexton\u2019s campaign communications director Aaron] Fritschner added he believes P2P messaging is a better voter engagement tool than social media because it focuses on the correct audience \u2014 voters.<\/p><p>&#8220;Twitter is where much of the conversation happens between campaigns and activists, campaigns and journalists, [or] campaigns and other campaigns,&#8221; he said.<\/p><p>The reach of P2P also enables campaigns to communicate with populations who do not own smartphones, said Roddy Lindsay, CEO of Hustle, a platform that invented P2P in 2014. This is especially true for rural Americans, who are less likely to use smartphones, according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center.<\/p><p>&#8220;When you think about things like apps or digital ads, [non-smartphone users] are actually not able to see those ads,&#8221; Lindsay said. &#8220;With just a normal feature phone you can still send and receive texts.&#8221;<\/p><cite><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/11\/22\/669591667\/from-get-out-to-vote-to-text-out-to-vote-the-rise-of-peer-to-peer-texting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NPR, &quot;From Get-Out-To-Vote To Text-Out-To-Vote: The Rise Of Peer-To-Peer Texting&quot; (opens in a new tab)\">NPR, &#8220;From Get-Out-To-Vote To Text-Out-To-Vote: The Rise Of Peer-To-Peer Texting&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the 2016 election, Hustle has become the P2P company of choice for Democratic candidates, working for more than 1,300 campaigns and sending more than 200 million texts in 2018. Republican campaigns tend to go with companies like RumbleUp, which sent \u201ctens of millions\u201d of texts during the 2018 election season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>[RumbleUp CEO Thomas] Peters said he believes P2P is so successful due to the rapid nature of text messages.<\/p><p>&#8220;Over 90 percent of text messages are opened in the first five minutes&#8230;no other channel can claim that kind of visibility,&#8221; he said.<\/p><p>Not only is peer-to-peer texting able directly to engage with the voters, but it is also more interactive and fun for the volunteers themselves, Peters explains. &#8220;You can do it from home, from your couch while watching Netflix, and you can&#8230; send 2,500 messages an hour.&#8221;<\/p><cite><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/11\/22\/669591667\/from-get-out-to-vote-to-text-out-to-vote-the-rise-of-peer-to-peer-texting\" target=\"_blank\">NPR, &#8220;From Get-Out-To-Vote To Text-Out-To-Vote: The Rise Of Peer-To-Peer Texting&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when you look up from your work to find an unsolicited text from a political campaign, you can take comfort in the knowledge that that sucker wasn\u2019t automated \u2014 some poor campaign staffer <em>pressed the Send button theirownself<\/em>. Don\u2019t you feel special?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#sponcon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media isn\u2019t completely dead for political campaigns, though, and Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg has become famous (infamous?) for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"seeking out Instagram influencers to spread his message (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2020\/02\/whats-the-deal-with-bloombergs-bizarre-sponcon.html\" target=\"_blank\">seeking out Instagram influencers to spread his message<\/a>. He\u2019s dropped countless dollars of his billions for sponsored posts to \u201cmake [him] look cool for the upcoming Democratic primary\u201d (his words).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sponcon all comes in the form of a fake DM from Bloomberg to the influencer of choice, relying on self-deprecating humor to try to overcome his audience\u2019s concerns that he really <em>is<\/em> just trying to find a way to look cool. Reviews have been mixed, ranging from \u201cBest advert ever\u201d from travel influencer Chris Burkard to \u201cI hate this\u201d from musician Ed Droste, with a quick meander into \u201cThis is a clear example of what wealth can get you votes. Bloomberg\u2019s a billionaire and is able to pull in endorsements like this\u201d from commenter @rebelwithoutapause_. I guess that\u2019s what you have to expect when you\u2019re paying for coolmaking campaigns with Instagram celebrities like @ShitheadSteve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bloomberg-sponcon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468\" width=\"600\"\/><figcaption><em>(Credit Instagram\/@grapejuiceboys)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bloomberg campaign isn\u2019t doing it alone \u2014 they\u2019re doing it with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/13\/style\/michael-bloomberg-memes-jerry-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Meme 2020, a company with deep roots in the influencer industry (opens in a new tab)\">Meme 2020, a company with deep roots in the influencer industry<\/a>. (Every time I type that, my soul dies a little.) Meme 2020 is connected with Jerry Media, which is known for, among other fun things, publicity for the Fyre Festival. So that\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest danger with a meme campaign, much like with a hashtag campaign, is that once it\u2019s out there, it\u2019s out there. And that fun-casual-DM format makes it super easy to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2020\/02\/14\/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-fake-messages-to-make-him-look-cool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" \u2018shop in some faux dialogue (opens in a new tab)\"> \u2018shop in some faux dialogue<\/a> highlighting some quotes and activities during his time as New York mayor that he\u2019d really, really like to remain unhighlighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there\u2019s one thing I can emphasize to all the new media strategists out there, it\u2019s that <em>the Internet is forever, and once you put something out there, it\u2019s out of your control<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facebook ads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like text messages, Facebook ads are a favorite tool of political campaigns and hardly something innovative that\u2019s just popped up for 2020. The thing that\u2019s popped up is Facebook\u2019s decision that Facebook political ads aren\u2019t like other Facebook ads, and that means <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"they aren\u2019t subject to fact-checking (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/90e5e81f501346f8779cb2f8b8880d9c\" target=\"_blank\">they aren\u2019t subject to fact-checking<\/a>. Google is limiting targeting of political ads, Twitter is banning them outright, and Facebook is all, like, \u201cNo prob! Political misinformation is kind of our brand these days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, they didn\u2019t <em>actually<\/em> say that. (Please don\u2019t sue me, Zuck.) What they said was that &#8220;While Twitter has chosen to block political ads and Google has chosen to limit the targeting of political ads; we are choosing to expand transparency and give more controls to people when it comes to political ads,&#8221; per <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FB Director of Product Management Rob Leathern (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/facebook-s-final-word-political-ads-no-changes-microtargeting-more-n1112746\" target=\"_blank\">FB Director of Product Management Rob Leathern<\/a>. That means more details available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Facebook Ad Library (opens in a new tab)\">Facebook Ad Library<\/a>, where you can now see when any given ad started running, how much money was spent, where it was shown, who it was targeted to \u2014 you know, all the stuff that offsets the impact of dishonest political campaigning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that\u2019s good to know is that only candidates and their campaigns are allowed to run misleading ads. A PAC, for instance, or a dedicated and zealous individual who might want to spread lies in support of their candidate of choice will get <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rule 13ed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/policies\/ads\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rule 13ed<\/a> in an instant by Facebook\u2019s third-party fact-checkers. It\u2019s only the candidates <em>themselves<\/em> who get to lie to your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(On rereading, I realize that all that sounds kind of bitter, but let&#8217;s be honest \u2014 it&#8217;s hard not to be, as election season heats up and pointed political messages are falling like baseball-sized hail. All I can really say on the subject is&#8230; for real, don&#8217;t sue me, Zuck.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to<em> Minority Report<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean, not really \u2014 the one thing campaigns <em>haven\u2019t<\/em> pulled out (to our knowledge) is a trio of bathtub psychics who can microtarget you now to keep you from voting wrong in the future. But they\u2019re doing their level best to put themselves where you live. And while yes, that\u2019s kind of the point of campaigning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bradadgate\/2019\/09\/03\/the-2020-elections-will-set-another-ad-spending-record\/#1f8cf2fd1836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"projected $6 billion political ad spend this year (opens in a new tab)\">projected <em>$6 billion <\/em>political ad spend this year<\/a> make it more intrusive than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/10-biggest-advertising-spenders-in-the-us-2015-7#4-procter-and-gamble-co-43-billion-in-total-spending-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Charmin (opens in a new tab)\">Charmin<\/a>, which is literally up your butt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to drop your own political advertising-related rants in the comments. No campaign messaging, please \u2014 we\u2019re trying to keep this a safe space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I could \u2014 and almost certainly will \u2014 go on at length about my favorite-best and favorite-worst political ads, and this election season is sure to produce some doozies. 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