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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Others may feel their privacy has been violated, he says.
"Some people have no problem sharing how they feel about the issues, while there are other groups who may just want to share about yoga and parenting, and they don't want anyone to know about their political beliefs," Donnelly says. "Social media is still fairly new, and so is how comfortable people are about things like Facebook tracking their moves on the Internet."
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