I made the mistake of donating money to a few campaigns this cycle, and now I'm bombarded daily with emails and texts which virtually all are variants on the theme "we're LOSING and it's your fault for not donating even more money." It is a bit interesting to see how they're varied to try and get you to click open the email though.
Anyway, 99% of these messages are from Democratic campaigns and operations, which makes sense given that I have to imagine everything in every database available to political operatives confirms I'm a liberal. But the other day I did start getting texts from someone who claimed to be a "Democrat working for APP PAC" claiming that Joe Biden is a monster. It gives a bit of a window into what message conservatives think will be most effective at convincing liberal-leaning voters to vote for Trump (or at least not vote for Biden).
And the answer is: trans rights. All of the texts I've received from this outfit have been on transgender issues (perhaps needless to say, the claims in the messages are lies).
I think I'm going to write back and thank them profusely for sending me this message, claiming I was undecided before but now am firmly convinced to vote for Biden, and hoping that they take pride in knowing that at least one more vote is going to Joe Biden's camp.
Probably stupid of me to even engage, but I need something to pass the time.
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ReplyDeleteAs someone who is skeptical of some claims for trans rights (mostly re women's sports) and is also a very enthusiastic Dem voter/donor, I find this fascinating. No such mailing lists have found me, and I only encountered the Log Cabin Republicans ad attempting the same thing because a trans friend sent it to me! You've read about Terry Schilling/APP in Politico? https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/07/wedge-issue-dividing-trumpworld-392323
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