WEX BackStory: A ‘Big Data’ battle in the voter turnout war

Published August 25, 2014 2:46pm ET



It’s more than just TV ads and kissing babies — today, the art of the political campaign has evolved into much more of a science.

Political parties are actively spending tens of millions of dollars a year on data mining and demographic research to turn out voters, and the trend is only going to continue.

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