Listen, I know you’re busy. When I first started this blog I considered making the tagline, “Putting in the man hours so you don’t have to.” I enjoy doing this research and I want to make it as easy as possible for you to always be in-the-know on all things social. If you read nothing else this week, this run down will keep your social and tech IQ above the rest. Rest easy, busy one, I’ve got your back.
Go ahead and copy and paste your favorite links and send them to your boss, co-workers, peers. They’ll remember (in case they forgot) what a rockstar you are. (Or you can always forward a copy of this post.)
Financial Times Tweet your election photos to them directly at @FT or use hashtag #ftelection. They’ll share their favorites at ft.com/retweet.
U.S. News & World Report
What do you think the electoral vote will be? Tweet your predictions with hashtag #evotes and they’ll feature you if you guess correctly.
Mashable
Tweet your picture (preferably with your I Voted sticker) with hashtag #sharethevote on Twitter or Instagram — or upload it directly, here.
Huffington Post Politics, Style and Live
Email HuffPo at offthebus@huffingtonpost.com or tweet them at @off_the_bus with your voting experience. They’re especially interested photos and videos. Even HuffPost Style (@huffpostsyle) is having some fun. You can tweet them a photo of what you wore to the polls and use hashtag #dressedtovote. And, don’t forget about HuffPost Live (@huffpostlive), they want photos to use on air. Send them via Twitter with hashtag #HPL2012.
MSNBC
They want your photos. Tweet them with hashtag #msnbc2012.
ABC World News
They are particularly interested in how “generations go to vote.” Did you bring your kids? Take your mom? Tweet @abcworldnews your photos with hashtag #yourvote.
YWCA USA
The YWCA has promised to retweet all “I Voted” sticker photos if you tag it #ywcaVOTE.
CNNiReport
Submit your voting experience through CNN’s iReport for potential inclusion online or on air.
A few locals. If you live in…
Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg SC and Asheville, Hendersonville, NC — WSPA (Channel 7) wants you to use hashtag #7Reax
Baton Rouge, LA — Share your photos and tweets with @WAFB’s official hashtag #ElectionOn9.
Austin, TX — KXAN wants your photos. Email them at reportit@kxan.com.
Phoenix, AZ — 12 News wants to know what lines are like. Send photos to pictures@12news.com.
Chicago, IL — @nbcchicago wants your voting experience via photo. Email them at isee@nbcchicago.com and on Twitter use #decision2012.
Chicago, IL — The +Chicago Tribune has a special Instagram theme. They want election/voting-themed photos with the hashtag #TribVote.
Los Angeles, CA — @LAist would like you to snap a pic of the line at your polling place and tell them your “I Voted” story. Tweet them or email tips(at)laist(dot)com.
North Alabama and Southern Tennesse — @Waff48 wants your photos. Email them to pix@waff.com.
Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh News Now (@PittsburghPG) wants to know if you experience any problems at polling stations. Email them at localnews@post-gazette.com.
Detroit, MI — If you’re a first time voter, the Detroit Free Press wants to hear from you. Include a picture and tweet @freep with hasthag #mivote.
St. Louis, MO — STL Public Radio wants your photos and would like to know how the polls are going and any issues you’re seeing. Tweet @stlpublicradio, use #BeyondNov hashtag or email Kelsey Proud at kproud@stlpublicradio.org or post on our Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/stlpublicradio.
Atlanta, GA – The Marietta Daily Journal would love to share your photos or videos from Cobb or even metro Atlanta. Email mdjonline01@gmail.com or post it directly to their Facebook page. If you’re on Twitter, use #VoteCobb.
Thanks to tip from the folks at Advocacy Media, it looks like President Obama is the clear victor of Twitter lists (versus Mitt Romney).
Obama has 178,641 public lists following his official Twitter handle while Governor Romney has 12,773. In terms of reach, by number of public lists followers President Obama leads Governor Romney 1,680,596 to 8,302 public list followers. Keep in mind that Obama has a slight advantage in that he is already President and has successfully used social media in the past. That said, Romney is still really lacking in the list category. There’s a clear distinction in the number of Twitter followers, as well. Obama’s 21.5 million followers dwarf Romney’s 1.6 million (Obama also follows more than 600K people, while Romney follows a mere 274).
Want to know how major political campaigns for the Senate stack up?
Democrat senate candidate have a total of 18,417 public lists with a total of 25,146 list followers; and,
Republicans senate candidates have approximately 13,921 public lists with total of 31,858 list followers.
Dems lead in number of pubic lists, but Republicans lead in reach - number of followers of the public lists.
If winning the election were determined by most number or lists and followers of lists, there would be 17 democrat and 16 republican winners in the 33 battleground states
If you’re still reading, don’t forget to vote on November 6!
Long gone are the days of simply watching presidential debates on television or listening on the radio. With the first presidential debate of the 2012 election tonight, you can bet there will be social interactions of epic proportions.
President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney won’t only face off in front of the cameras tonight, news outlets and supporters will take to the interwebz to voice their observations and opinions. The debate starts tonight at 9 PM ET from the University of Denver in Colorado. It will be 90 minutes long with a focus on domestic issues. On television, the debates will air on ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN Espanol and others. The moderator is Jim Lehrer (Host of NewsHour on PBS).
Here’s are a few ways you can follow along or join in a conversation:
1. Realtime Sentiment via USA Today (powered by Twitter)
View what people think about the candidates in real-time. The meter tracks the Twitter Political Index, a daily measure of sentiment expressed by Twitter users about President Obama and Mitt Romney.
Some news outlets (e.g. #CNNdebate) or political affiliations may have additional hashtags (e.g. #republican, #democrat). @PiersMorgan has his own hashtag:
I’ll be live-tweeting the first Presidential debate tonight at 9pm/ET. Watch CNN and share your views with me using the hashtag #PMTdebate
You can even watch a Spanish version of the live stream via Univision Live.
4. WNYC
They’re making the debates more fun with Debate Bingo (#debatebingo). Watch, chat and play along. The chat starts at 8:00pm EST and the debate starts at 9p EST.
Time for your FAVE recap and mine… What’s hot in tech and social.
Listen, I know you’re busy. When I first started this blog I considered making the tagline, “Putting in the man hours so you don’t have to.” I enjoy doing this research and I want to make it as easy as possible for you to always be in-the-know on all things social. If you read nothing else this week, this run down will keep your social and tech IQ above the rest. Rest easy, busy one, I’ve got your back.
Go ahead and copy and paste your favorite links and send them to your boss, co-workers, peers. They’ll remember (in case they forgot) what a rockstar you are. (Or you can always forward a copy of this post.)
The folks at day4 are responsible for the Apple “screw” rumor. They posted a screenshot of a screw they rendered to Reddit and let the internet go to work. What did they find? The further people moved from the source of the story, the more they talked about the rumor as truth.
Having a baby? You can choose to announce your bundle of joy via a Life Event for Timeline on Facebook.
