Politico delves deeply into the political machine begin built with the Koch brothers’ fortune — a data-driven colossus for voter identification and turnout that has eclipsed Republican Party machinery to the extent that people like Tom Cotton used it over party tools.
In short: The Kochs know who you are. They know where you live. They can pay people to call you, knock on your door and mail material to you — if you are the right kind of voter. Americans for Prosperity is only one — if well-funded — of their many tentacles. The story begins:
The Koch brothers and their allies are pumping tens of millions of dollars into a data company that’s developing detailed, state-of-the-art profiles of 250 million Americans, giving the brothers’ political operation all the earmarks of a national party.
The move comes as mainstream Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, are trying to reclaim control of the conservative movement from outside groups. The Kochs, however, are continuing to amass all of the campaign tools the Republican National Committee and other party arms use to elect a president.
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