Ben Carson is keeping his fundraising tactics old school. Instead of Twitter and Snapchat, the retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate is relying on letters and phone calls. As The Atlantic reports, he's "literally sending fliers to voters or cold-calling them and trying to talk them into giving money."
So far, Carson has amassed "astonishing grassroots support" with these tactics, as well as a better reach with older voters, The Atlantic reports. But even with those upsides and Carson's healthy budget — he raised $20.8 million in the third quarter — these tactics still pose one big drawback: cost.
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