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> and are state election campaigns THAT expensive??

I wonder what percentage of that ad spend goes to Facebook. Does Facebook profit more if political discourse if very divisive?




Yes. As do all other forms of media.


Facebook has received at least over $14 million from both campaigns:

https://www.opensecrets.org/races/online-ad-spending?cycle=2...


Which explains why they won't be fixing anything, the millions of bots pretending to be the American people are making them bank.


I live in SC and I’ve never seen more advertising done for one candidate in this state than Jamie Harrison




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