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But the sauce is suspect. I wouldn't run hard on this.
The actual sauce referenced in the anon's post is this link
https://imge.com/news/email-providers-suppress-republicans-2018-election/?fbclid=IwAR17hnNCCwIrFtFOI2AM4usa3xTg0UpGLGlcvdXkpj2p56SuojMfx-7l8Zo
Never heard of them. Website sucks. Further:
Test criteria:
Then we created four email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Outlook) and signed up for their email lists. Most lists required an email and zip code, so we signed up with our Virginia office zip code so that we would be put on the national lists for all candidates.
To ensure consistency, we opened every single email in the inbox and spam folders, but we did not click on anything within the emails. We checked each inbox on a daily basis like most users would so that it would be as organic as possible. This study ran from October 4-November 6.
Four email addresses all in a VA zip code does not a sample make. It's a good test of a hypothesis, but requires far more data.
For instance, the clicky-bait headline that jumps to mind is
"STUNNING TEST RESULTS Reveal How MULTIPLE Email Providers Helped To Fix Midterm Elections For Democrats "
The article is careful to suggest that the error may well be entirely related to Repubs strategy and not skullduggery.
However it ignores the fact that both parties have well developed email lists that are granular to the smallest districts. Email advertising been around for a long time. So, we have no idea what priority is attached to random folks who join a list vs. the very expensive vetted lists. Just tactically, we join lists all the time for op research. The dem/reps know that.
Rant off