Twitter for President!

There’s no campaign fever quite like that of the United States election. For months leading up to the day, the world is bombarded with images, articles, footage and statistics about the campaign runners, and who is looking like claiming the coveted title of president of one of, if not the most influential country in the world.

This year, a new contender has emerged. Twitter. Social media has stormed the election campaigns of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, as voters and media professionals alike, rely on such sites to broadcast their views as well as inform their decisions.

Obama and Romney shake before engaging in debate.

In a recent debate between the political contenders, social media documented the event while it was played out in live television broadcast. An article by ABC claimed ‘as the debate progressed the Twitter storm became a blizzard. Political reporters were watching the TV with one eye and the Twitter feed with the other. As a result 90 minutes of prime time TV became a political eternity. In cyber space no-one can hear you scream but they can sure tell if you're off your game. They used to say you could tell who won a TV debate even with the sound turned off - but no-one can control the volume of instant messaging. And politicians all over the world are being caught flat-footed by it’.

How true it is! Today we are so entwined with social media it has become a given in not only personal networking, but it seems now professional and political networking. Let’s just hope Obama can tweet his way back into office!

Image Sources:

<http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2012/10/03/obama-vs-romney-debate/1611571/>