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Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Elections, France and Digital Voter Targeting

Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Sky News

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.0156 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Adam Boulton is joined by Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig, Head of Data Harry Carr and Politico's Annabelle Dickson to discuss the local elections and their potential impact on next month's general election. They'll also assess the fallout from Emmanuel Macron's success in France and what it means for Britain and the EU. Later in the podcast, Sky's Technology correspondent Tom Cheshire talks about 'The Invisible Campaign' and the role of big data and digital voter targeting. #GE2017 #Macron #Brexit #skynews

Transcript

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0:00.0

Donald Trump is heading back to the White House.

0:03.0

Together we can truly make America great again.

0:06.7

We are in for an unpredictable but fascinating four years.

0:10.3

And we're going to be following every twist and turn for the first 100 days.

0:15.0

We'll be bringing you the latest updates and analysis first thing every morning.

0:19.5

So join me, James Mackey.

0:21.2

Me, Martha Kalnick.

0:22.3

And me, Mark Stone, for Trump 100 every weekday at 6am, wherever you get your podcast.

0:32.9

Hello, I'm Adam Bolton.

0:40.2

Welcome to the All-Out Politics podcast.

0:42.4

Today, joining me are Annabel Dixon from Politico, the our chief political correspondent,

0:48.5

John Craig, and the head of Sky Data Harry Carr.

0:52.1

We're going to talk about last week's local elections and what that means

0:55.6

for the general election you may have heard about, which is happening in June. We're going to talk

1:00.1

about the French presidential election, what that could mean for Britain and the EU. And

1:04.5

we'll be joined by Sky News Technology correspondent Tom Cheshire to talk about the murky role of

1:09.7

big data and digital voter targeting in

1:12.7

political campaigns. And we are also on Facebook live, so you can send us your questions,

1:19.6

and I'll raise those as they come in. So to the local elections, the Conservatives won seats.

1:31.3

They also took some merities in Labour heartlands, such as the West Midlands and the Tees Valley.

1:37.3

But other people thought that their lead over Labor was somewhat disappointing compared to what we see in the opinion polls.

1:45.7

John Craig, would that strike you as a fair summary?

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