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In a status update posted yesterday, Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan uses Facebook to thank his supporters for helping him grow his Facebook Page, which almost has 2 million followers. Using the application Tout, Ryan recored a short video that not only thanked his supporters, but updated them on the
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2,286 delegates and 2,125 alternate delegates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories will gather in Tampa, Florida on August 27-30. Credit: 2012 Republican National Convention Official Site What used to be exclusively for political insiders, national conventions are now just a
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1. 1. This attendee snapped a shot of Gov. Chris Christie addressing the California delegates on Monday, bashing California for electing Jerry Brown as governor. @govchristienj addresses California delegates at Tradewinds in #stpete beach. #rnc2012 #rncgram #tampabaytimes * Share on Facebook * Share on Twitter * Share on Pinterest * Share on Google * Share
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As echoed throughout the social media community, engagement is far more important than numbers, making a politician's follower count meaningless if he or she does not actively engage with supporters. Recognizing the importance of engagement, the Republican Party has fittingly themed their convention "Convention without Walls,"
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Hours after Romney's "birth certificate" joke this morning, Gallup released a survey finding that 40% of the population believes the two presidential candidates are unfairly attacking each other, with independents agreeing that Obama is unfairly attacking Romney. Gallup reports, Additionally, independents have grown more critical of
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Facing threats from Hurricane Isaac, there has been much speculation over whether or not the Republican National Convention, set to start early next week, will be able to take place due to the weather conditions in Tampa, Florida. When asked about the possibile impacts of the hurricane, RNC communications director
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Presidential pets have been in focus dating back to the first president, with George Washington not only fathering the nation, but also the American foxhound. Now, speculation over "First Dogs" has prompted media attention, with Obama questioned about his preference in breed in his first press conference as
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Yesterday, Facebook teamed up with CNN to launch their social voting app, "I'm Voting", urging voters to commit their vote on the social media website. Because of the social aspect of Facebook, the application will allow users to share their vote with their friends on the
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As one of the most popular blogging sites to date, Tumblr will be sending off it's very own bloggers to cover both the Republican and Democratic conventions, to be posted on their new election page Tumbling the Conventions. Already hard at work, the Tumblr page is populated with
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After the highly controversial "legitimate rape" comments made by Rep. Todd Akin, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have made a conscious effort to distance themselves from the Republican Representative, calling for Akin to drop out of the Missouri Senate race. According to Twitter, however, their attempts are futile,
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Last week, the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation took a deep examination of the political parties and their constituents, the results of which were published on August 20. In this in-dept look at the independent voter, the Washington Post found that 7 out of 10 independent voters favor compromise
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Among the guests who will be speaking at the Republican National Convention this August is Rep. Artur Davis, who crossed party lines in 2010, abandoning the Democratic Party in favor of the GOP. The announcement came as a shock to some, as Davis was a co-chairman of President Obama'