What This Election Really Means, According to Viral Videos

SInce the advent of television campaign ads in 1952, video has been a significant tool in the democratic process. This year's presidential election was no exception -- the explosion of viral content on social media went hand in hand with politics, and parody videos were as unavoidable as the campaign ads themselves.

Online video aggregator Frequency curated every election-related video since early August 2012 -- about 100,000 -- to analyze what issues were important to voters based on the videos they were making or watching. Videos came from YouTube, political party sponsored and PAC-sponsored campaign ads, the candidates' official YouTube pages and news organizations.

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