Editing Redlining (section)

=== Political redlining ===
Political redlining is the process of restricting the supply of political information with assumptions about demographics and present or past opinions.<ref>{{Cite book |title=New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen |last=Howard |first=Philip |author-link=Philip N. Howard |year=2005 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-521-61227-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newmediacampaign0000howa/page/132 132] |url=https://archive.org/details/newmediacampaign0000howa/page/132}}</ref> It occurs when political campaign managers delimit which population is less likely to vote and design information campaigns only with likely voters in mind. It can also occur when politicians, lobbyists, or political campaign managers identify which communities to actively discourage from voting through [[voter suppression]] campaigns.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/16/new-report-russian-disinformation-prepared-senate-shows-operations-scale-sweep/ |title=New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation's scale and sweep |last1=Timberg |first1=Craig |last2=Romm |first2=Tony |date=2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/trumps-black-voter-dilemma/505586/ |title=Trump's 'Voter Suppression Operation' Targets Black Voters |last1=Graham |first1=David |date=2016 |website=The Atlantic |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>