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    How Donald Trump uses smaller ad microbuys to target voters

    Photo of President Trump speaking at a microphone with one hand raised and an American flag behind him.

    An analysis of how Donald Trump’s campaign uses smaller ad buys to target specific subsets of people.

    Anthony Dabbundo August 28, 2020October 9, 2020 2020 Presidential Election, Ad States, Age Demographics, Facebook Ads, Gender Demographics, Message Topic, Message Type 1 Comment Read more

    How Joe Biden uses smaller ad microbuys to target voters

    Photo of Joe Biden and Barack Obama looking at the screen of a phone being held by Biden

    An analysis of how Joe Biden’s campaign uses smaller ad buys to target specific subsets of people.

    Anthony Dabbundo August 28, 2020October 9, 2020 2020 Presidential Election, Ad States, Age Demographics, Facebook Ads, Gender Demographics No Comments Read more
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    This project is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, the Center for Computational and Data Sciences and the BITS Lab at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University.

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