Mrs. Clinton, following her 2016 defeat, was particularly focused on the data gap between Democrats and Republicans. While campaign officials have long had access to that sort of information, Democrats have never before been able to share it across the party’s archipelago of allied groups. And in a year in which Democratic campaigns are eschewing door-knocking amid the coronavirus pandemic, information on individual voters views is a valuable commodity. Are you going to turn out to vote?’ This data is really helpful at the tactical level to figure out: ‘Who am I contacting? Who am I not contacting?”Ms. Schuh Cortes said Democratic campaigns and organizations would also use the exchange to conserve their resources.

Source: New York Times September 06, 2020 09:00 UTC