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Here are the media outlets who want your #election2012 content to share online, on air

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Want to do more than post that you voted on Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter? Here are a few media opportunities for citizens:

**This will be updated throughout the day.**

Twitter
If you want others to see your tweets, use hashtags like #election2012, #vote and #electionday.

Reuters
Share your photos, videos and reports from the field with them via Twitter. Tag your content with #ReutersLive

Got Questions, comments? #Election photos + video you want to share? Reports from the field? Tweet it and tag it #ReutersLive
November 6, 2012 8:52 AM via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite
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Reuters Politics

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.

 

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Study: Twitter users add Obama to more lists than Romney — 178k to 12k

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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!

 

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5 ways to use social media to join in the live presidential debate tonight (#debates)

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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.

2. Twitter

Official Hasthag: #debates

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
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Piers Morgan

The hashtag that is being used by the host facility of the debate, University of Denver, is #DebateDenver.

You can follow all #debates tweets on the Twitter Events page.

Twitter List: A Twitter list of the candidates, news outlets and bloggers covering the #debates live: Presidential Debates 2012

3. There’s no shortage of live streams available for tonight.

Here is PBS NewsHour:

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You can watch live coverage via The YouTube Politics Channel. All politics, all the time.

(Here’s the link to the embed code if you’d like to post the channel on your site.)

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.

5. HuffPo

In addition to their live coverage via HuffPost Live, they share the latest general election polls via HuffPost Pollster. They even have a nifty Electoral Outlook interactive image you can visit to see current results.

photo credit: DonkeyHotey via photopin cc

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FAVE INFOGRAPHIC: Obama’s social network reach is 7 times greater than all the social connections of the GOP

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Thanks to Overdrive Interactive for sharing.

The infographic reflects the number of
cumulative Facebook likes and Twitter followers for each candidate. However, it’s missing the 18,147 (as of 12p CT) followers Obama amassed on Instagram yesterday and Bachmann’s announcement today.

Obama is killing it online. His Facebook and Twitter count exceed 36,072,492. That’s 22 times greater than Newt Gingrich (1,611,128) and 7 times greater than all the social connections of the Republicans combined. (Statement is from data on 1/3/2012 at 3:40 PM.)

The other reason I liked this infographic is because it looks like the donkey is going to eat all of the baby elephants.