Which of the Following Statements Is True of Recent Political

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of recent political fund-raising efforts?

• A) The microtargeting campaigning technique was pioneered by Hillary Clinton.
• B) In 2012, Mitt Romney's microtargeting operation vastly outperformed Barack Obama's.
• C) One of the defining characteristics of Barack Obama's fund-raising campaign was its decentralization.
• D) Conservatives have become the most effective fund-raisers with the onset of new Internet technology.
• E) Mitt Romney pioneered the online moneybomb fund-raising technique in 2008.

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