Can social media improve voter turnout?
<p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="witnessed">witnessed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="media">media</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="elect">elect</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="eight">eight</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="revolutions">revolutions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eleven">eleven</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="time">time</span> <span word="rulers">rulers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="office">office</span>.</p><p><span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="research">research</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="networks">networks</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="elections">elections</span>, <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="Nature">Nature</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="estimates">estimates</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="voted">voted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="congressional">congressional</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span>.</p><p><span word="James">James</span> <span word="Fowler">Fowler</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="California">California</span>, <span word="San">San</span> <span word="Diego">Diego</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="partnership">partnership</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Data">Data</span> <span word="Science">Science</span> <span word="team">team</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="studied">studied</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> “<span word="get">get</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>” <span word="message">message</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="sixty">sixty</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span> <span word="users">users</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="feeds">feeds</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Election">Election</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="ten">ten</span>.</p><p><span word="JAMES">JAMES</span> <span word="FOWLER">FOWLER</span>: “<span word="And">And</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="message">message</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="button">button</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="says">says</span> ‘<span word="I">I</span> <span word="Voted">Voted</span>’.” <span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="link">link</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="click">click</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="polling">polling</span> <span word="place">place</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="messages">messages</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="clicked">clicked</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> ‘<span word="I">I</span> <span word="Voted">Voted</span>’ <span word="button">button</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>.”</p><p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="spoke">spoke</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Professor">Professor</span> <span word="Fowler">Fowler</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Skype">Skype</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="publicly">publicly</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="voting">voting</span> <span word="records">records</span>.</p>
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