Social media and elections.

Even though the 2012 election has passed... I still think it did play a key role in the election and will continue to play key roles in future elections.  The phenomenon is not over hyped. It helps get the word out for campaigns. It keeps voters up to date and spreads good word for the candidates running. Just think, an election without social media? These days that is almost unheard of. Social media plays vital rolls in many different ways. I log onto facebook and about once a month I come across a picture of barack Obama and it always shows him doing something nice for his community. This picture alone gets somewhere around hundreds of thousands of like. This goes to show how much of an impact a picture can have on an authority figure. When it shows him doing good things, it helps portray an image which people will remember when they think back on this president. Not only does it help with an image it can also be a vital source of information. Campaigns are huge in elections; social media helps these. They show you who won what election as well as where it was and possible info when the next closest one is coming to you. Bottom line is... if you can use social media your success can be endless. You can use it to make your opponent look bad and make yourself look good. Oh, I also didn’t mention that Obama posts facebook updates on his fan page with economy related problems and how they are going to be fixed. No longer do you have to check the news or go looking for it, but the news simply comes to you; genius idea if you ask me.