Is Cambridge Analytica the reason Ted Cruz came in second in the GOP

[applegrove]

nomination race for President?

[bettyellen]

1. Theres a video of Nix claiming exactly that.

[bearsfootball516]

2. I don't know if they really had anyone stronger than him.

Jeb Bush was singlehandedly drowned by Trump. Chris Christie basically destroyed Marco Rubio's chances, and then he went down in a sea of flames himself. Cruz basically ran a Trump-lite campaign, which is why Breitbart initially supported him before Trump won the nomination.

[blake2012]

5. Kin last election cyclesJeb would have been precisely the type of candidate to win

No we know how surgical their strikes were to groups of psychological makeup—they could literally
Push peoole’s Buttons to behave the way they predicted based on advertising.

[braddy]

9. Breitbart abandoned Cruz in 2015, and supported Trump in the primary.

[madaboutharry]

3. Being a smarmy jerk probably also

contributed to his failed campaign.

[marylandblue]

4. Or maybe because he was only the 2nd biggest asshole in the race?

[backtoblue]

6. Interesting question nt

[herding cats]

7. Cruz campaign credits psychological data and analytics for its rising success

From December 2015.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cruz-campaign-credits-psychological-data-and-analytics-for-its-rising-success/2015/12/13/4cb0baf8-9dc5-11e5-bce4-708fe33e3288_story.html?utm_term=.595777609877

[comradebillyboy]

8. That plus Mercer's money.