Democratic Party leaders are working to convince their 2020 hopefuls to avoid waging social media disinformation warfare against each other as they race for the nomination
Democratic Party chairs in the four early presidential states are working to convince the 2020 presidential candidates to avoid waging social media disinformation warfare against each other.
Collectively, the four early state chairs — in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — play an outsized role in the presidential primary campaign. They hold considerable political clout with the campaigns, which are attempting to build followings and curry favor in each of those states.a widespread disinformation campaign targeting 2020 candidates is already underway on social media. An analysis of Twitter data showed the main targets over a 30-day period appeared to be Sens.
The campaign included fake, racist and sexist memes targeting the candidates over various social media platforms, some of it designed to divide and sow chaos within the party. “I think that’s a critical problem in our country and just another way that our voting rates, the franchise, gets polluted and corrupted,” Mancini said. “It’s just one in a long list of issues that negatively affect people who are trying to vote.”
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