If the story of this election is the rise of outside spending, the lesson we at You Report Election 2010 learned is that following the money is next to impossible. Though big, established political players like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees poured millions into television […]
Category: You Report: Election 2010
Ahead of the 2010 election, a crowdsourced effort to detect and report examples of political dirty tricks, corporate ads, persuasive “push” polls, pre-recorded phone messages — “robo calls” and efforts to discourage voters from showing up at the polls.