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recent bookmarks from jm"Mudslinging" campaigns drive down voting rates, particularly among the unsure2018-05-15T14:14:56+00:00
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/do-negative-campaigns-mobilize-or-suppress-turnout-clarifying-the-relationship-between-negativity-and-participation/103A17FDD0F0031D665687C7B689F371
jmDoes negative campaigning influence the likelihood of voting in elections? Our study of U.S. Senate campaigns indicates the answer is “yes.” We find that people distinguish between useful negative information presented in an appropriate manner and irrelevant and harsh mudslinging. As the proportion of legitimate criticisms increases in campaigns, citizens become more likely to cast ballots. When campaigns degenerate into unsubstantiated and shrill attacks, voters tend to stay home. Finally, we find that individuals vary in their sensitivity to the tenor of campaigns. In particular, the tone is more consequential for independents, for those with less interest in politics, and for those with less knowledge about politics.
(via Mark Dennehy)]]>politics strategy ireland referenda via:markdennehy dirty-trickshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:6b721c7ca2f8/Why Amazon Has No Profits (And Why It Works)2014-10-10T14:42:21+00:00
http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/9/4/why-amazon-has-no-profits-and-why-it-works
jmAmazon has perhaps 1% of the US retail market by value. Should it stop entering new categories and markets and instead take profit, and by extension leave those segments and markets for other companies? Or should it keep investing to sweep them into the platform? Jeff Bezos’s view is pretty clear: keep investing, because to take profit out of the business would be to waste the opportunity. He seems very happy to keep seizing new opportunities, creating new businesses, and using every last penny to do it.
]]>amazon business strategy capex spending stocks investing retailhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:97b37c9cb107/I've been playing the same game of Civilization II for almost 10 years. This is the result.2012-06-12T12:16:19+00:00
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uxpil/ive_been_playing_the_same_game_of_civilization_ii/
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