What Joe Biden's Facebook ads reveal about his campaign strategy

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Has Joe Biden given up on courting younger voters?

Judging by the former vice president's Facebook ad buys, that seems to be the case. From the time he joined the 2020 presidential race, Biden has "disproportionately focused" his Facebook ads on voters 45 years and older — a strategy "no other top Democratic candidate" has taken on, Politico reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.