Mustapha Auwal Ajayi posted an update 8 years, 4 months ago
Given all the political dust-ups since December, it may be hard to remember one of the earliest controversies in the 2016 presidential primary season. It wasn’t about short fingers or exit polls — it involved data. Several Bernie Sanders staffers were found to have improperly accessed voter information from Hillary Clinton’s campaign — valuable data about voter history, demographics and location. In the months that followed, both Democratic and Republican primary candidates tried to use data to their advantage.