Vote of Confidence
Fundraisers on both sides of the presidential campaign are hoping supporters will put their faith in technology to add to their candidate's of choice war chest.
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To make their e-mails more readable on mobile devices, the campaigns are making the sentences short and in single columns, and quickly getting to the call to action — asking recipients either to donate, volunteer or rally other people to vote for the candidate.
Romney also is using e-mails for more "retailing" purposes — getting supporters to buy T-shirts or bumper stickers touting his candidacy, McDonald says.
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