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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Trump campaign's fundraising emails have gotten very in-your-face and awkwardly personal
Especially with Eric and Don Jr.'s guilt tripsFor those who have donated to the Trump 2020 campaign or otherwise ended up on their email list somehow, a summer shift in fundraising tactics has saturated inboxes.
Aggressive fundraising emails from campaigns are nothing new, nor is the Trump campaign's use of surrogate cameos as the apparent sender. That method was pioneered by the Obama campaign going back to 2008 and refined to become the standard bearer for national politics in 2012.
But instead of a top campaign official or surrogate offering warm invitations such as "I want you to see this first," the Trump campaign has leaned more into guilt and borderline intimidation.
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Campaign fundraising staff tend to pour over the data for different approaches particularly the rate at which emails are opened and an actual donation comes through but for those who haven't clicked on anything in their inbox from the Trump campaign recently, things can get personal pretty quickly.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-trump-campaign-s-fundraising-emails-have-gotten-very-in-your-face-and-awkwardly-personal-especially-with-eric-and-don-jr-s-guilt-trips/ar-BB178z69?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP
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The Trump campaign's fundraising emails have gotten very in-your-face and awkwardly personal (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jul 2020
OP
Getting desperate because donors are no longer donating to these crooks. It's getting pretty bad...
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2020
#2
This looks like it's straight out of the book of Evangelical fundraising tactics.
chowder66
Jul 2020
#5
"Listen, bub! We really don't want to send mercenary thugs to your neighborhood. But
struggle4progress
Jul 2020
#6
edhopper
(33,606 posts)1. Trump is
an abuser.
SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)2. Getting desperate because donors are no longer donating to these crooks. It's getting pretty bad...
when their very own donors say 'Enough is enough'.
central scrutinizer
(11,659 posts)3. I get well over 150 emails every day
Asking for money because Ive donated to Biden, the DSSC, Mark Kelly, Jeff Merkley, others. They are not that different from the ones cited. I just delete all of them. And continue to donate when and where I can.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)4. I've received anxious emails from Democrats, that contain
ALL CAPS etc. I dont take anything personal.
chowder66
(9,074 posts)5. This looks like it's straight out of the book of Evangelical fundraising tactics.
struggle4progress
(118,330 posts)6. "Listen, bub! We really don't want to send mercenary thugs to your neighborhood. But
you may leave us no choice. We asked for money. Then we asked again. And again. Time is running out"
keithbvadu2
(36,876 posts)7. Who is supposedly going to do the 500% match?
Who is supposedly going to do the 500% match?