"as is now well known, political parties in recent years have built databases to facilitate targeting strategies. these databases list the names and contact information for all voters in a district, along with information about their personal traits, their neighborhoods, and their history of political participation. politicians and their campaigns use these lists to perceive the electorate. the lists them understand who their supporters are, what issues different voters care about, and how they should present themselves to voters in their campaign appeals. this large-scale collection of data influences how politicians perceive voters, and in turn, it affects how they interact with voters."
-source: eitan d. hersh, hacking the electorate: how campaigns perceive voters, 2015
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