The 2008 election changed how elections will be campaigned in the future. The ability of the internet and social media sites to reach such a large amount of people for free is a great resource for anyone. The candidates were able to reach the youth voters with using these sources, and the response they received from the youth is amazing. Some even going as far to make this YouTube video below, which is very entertaining, and supports everyone to go out and voice their opinion.
The youth in politics has been a group that is typically less likely to voice their opinion by voting, but that could be forever changed. Social media and the internet allow people to plan events much easier, and they are able to reach a larger audience for free and very fast because of the internet. The YouTube video has 17,872 views, and this is what someone did on their free time, just to encourage people to get out and vote, and the video is slanted in Obama’s favor. I can’t wait to see how much the internet and social media sites are going to affect the next election. I have already seen websites that have some people who have had their name mentioned as potential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush are the two most recent names.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video:
It amazed me that someone looked into the statistics of the election like this report did.
This website only has a couple facts on this page; there are a large number of facts through the pages.
1 comments:
He indeed spent a bit of time putting this together. Having made a few short videos for work, I know how time consuming a short video can be. It is amazing what a person can do when they are motivated and inspired. It will be interesting to see what new ideas and political campaigns will be brought to the forefront through social media outlets.
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