The Viagra vote? Campaign research pushes the bounds of privacy

When South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham was fighting to avoid a bruising primary runoff against a more conservative challenger, his allies reached out aggressively to find potential new supporters who fit Graham’s target demographics: people who shopped for a new Lincoln but not a new Mazda, beer drinkers with a taste for Michelob and anyone who recently bought golf clubs or cured hams.

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