With five days to go, there is still plenty of time for the social media world to have its say on the upcoming election. In the lead up to November 6th we’ll try to bring you the top social media moments emerging from the campaigns.
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The Twitter War
Twitter is playing an important role in this election. Not just as a forum for debate, but also as a tool for both the President and his opponent to use as a way of communicating with voters.
Seeing as Twitter may well have a say in who wins next Tuesday, it is important to evaluate what is happening on the social media site. @2012Twit is an account that has been set up to do just that.
It provides Twitter users with real-time election analysis. Here are some of the results from the last 24 hours:
Most Retweeted Tweet by Barack Obama
39 reasons to re-elect President Obama: OFA.BO/XANi5T #Forward2012
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 31, 2012
Most Retweeted Tweet by Mitt Romney
Your support has brought us this far, but we can’t let up now. Here’s how you can help in the final days. mi.tt/SfBCW6 — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) October 31, 2012
Most Retweeted Mention of Barack Obama
I’d like to publicly commend Pres @barackobama and Gov. Christie for showing congress and the senate what “Country first” really means. — Sir Mix-A-Lot (@therealmix) October 31, 2012
Most Retweeted Mention of Mitt Romney
.@mittromney Your position on healthcare is SPOOOOoooOOKY!!
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) October 31, 2012
Top Tags
Obama:
Top tags in mentions of @barackobama past 24hrs: #tcot #Benghazi #sandy #CantAfford4More #Obama2012 #p2 #Forward2012 #GOP #RomneyRyan2012
— Election Analysis (@2012twit) November 1, 2012
Romney:
Top tags in mentions of @mittromney past 24hrs: #tcot #RomneyRyan2012 #Sandy #CantAfford4More #p2 #gop #teaparty #obama2012 #FEMA #Obama
— Election Analysis (@2012twit) November 1, 2012
Followers
.@mittromney gained 8,037 new followers, 35,840 mentions, 2,416 retweets in past 24hrs. Via 2012twit.com
— Election Analysis (@2012twit) November 1, 2012
.@barackobama gained 32,299 new followers, 47,411 mentions, 13,161 retweets in past 24hrs. Via 2012twit.com
— Election Analysis (@2012twit) November 1, 2012
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39 Reasons We Should Re-Elect President Obama
As shown in the Twitter analysis, this has proved to be the topic of a lot of online discussion in the last 24 hours. It stemmed from Barrack Obama posting his own list on his Tumblr site.
Twitter and Tumblr users were then asked to submit their own reasons, with the President’s favourites being posted on his blog. The most shared through various social media channels comes in photo form, and is shown below:
Sami’s Reasons
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