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November 11, 2012 10:00 pm GMT
If social media mattered in elections, Ron Paul would have likely been the Republican presidential candidate, not Mitt Romney. Despite being the conversational hub of the election, Facebook is neither the place where politically influential demographics congregate nor where undecided citizens go to think deeply about issues. Our friends at The Atlantic ran a fascinating and well-researched piece about whether Facebook gave Democrats an advantage on Election Day, especially given their pull with young voters. Unfortunately, the article overestimates how political consequential young voters are, If no one under the age of 30 had voted, Obama would have won every state he carried with the exception of two: Indiana and North Carolina, wrote Chuck Todd and Sheldon Gawiser in How Barack Obama Won (in 2008).
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Premature Facebook Election Hype, A Response To The Atlantic
If social media mattered in elections, Ron Paul would have likely been the Republican presidential candidate, not Mitt Romney. Despite being the conversational hub of the election, Facebook is neither the place where politically influential demographics congregate nor where undecided citizens go to think deeply about issues. Our friends at The Atlantic ran a fascinating and well-researched piece about whether Facebook gave Democrats an advantage on Election Day, especially given their pull with young voters. Unfortunately, the article overestimates how political consequential young voters are, If no one under the age of 30 had voted, Obama would have won every state he carried with the exception of two: Indiana and North Carolina, wrote Chuck Todd and Sheldon Gawiser in How Barack Obama Won (in 2008).Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/25k0n1PKhCU/
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