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Lincoln Chafee, the only independent Governor and former Republican Senator, will be attending the Democratic National Convention next month. As reported by WPRI, Chafee will be in Charlotte to nominate President Obama for a second term. Chafee has a complex political history, and after leaving the GOP, served as a
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Keeping up in the digital world has arguably been a struggle for the Republican Party, more often than not coming in second to the tech-savvy ways of Democratic leaders in social media. But things might change this year, as they unveil their Republican National Convention App, "Tampa 2012"
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This morning, I posted this week's social slipup, highlighting the increasing trend in politics of buying fake Twitter followers. While the issue of fake Twitter followers might seem trivial to some, I wanted to clarify why it matters this election and the implications of the practice. Photo Credit:
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With a focus on social media blunders, Twitter gaffes, and Facebook faux pas, we’ll be profiling one politician, political figure, organization, or candidate who has committed one of the social media sins in our weekly series Social Slipups. With all this talk about Romney's mysterious jump in
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The White House Press Corps reporters aren't the only ones unhappy with Obama for his lack of cooperation with the press, as made evident in this list posted Republican National Committee today. In the two months it's been since Obama took questions from the White House
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Despite his success climbing the social ranks of Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, Rep. Paul Ryan has done little to boost Mitt Romney's numbers in the presidential tracking polls. According to a recent Gallup survey, Romney's numbers have seen an increase of 1 percentage point, an insignificant
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As the fastest growing social network ever, Pinterest has positioned itself nicely to become the next "big thing" in political campaigning, with candidates finally recognizing the easy-to-use nature of the platform and the number of politicians on Pinterest on the rise. While the platform is stereotypically known for
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Since Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, the media has been in a frenzy, digging up his voting records, speculating on his role in the campaign, and even reporting on his fashion faux paus. Politicos have been buzzing about his political prospects, but it&
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According to an August 15 Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism study, President Barack Obama leads Republican candidate Mitt Romney in web and social media activity. While this comes at no shock to those of us tuned into their social media activity, the findings show that
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With the growing trend in social media and technology, the question over the role of social media in education inevitably enters the debate, an issue discussed in Mashable's recent article Should You Get Your Child an iPad or Laptop for School? Tools such as tablets and laptops, for
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In Part One of IVN's Fantasy Administration Series, we asked our Facebook Fans: If you could choose ANYONE to be President of the United States, who would it be? With 18% of the vote, Ron Paul came in first, followed by Gary Johnson and Hillary Clinton. Some honorable
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Political polarization is the highest it's been in the last 25 years, Pew Research Center pointed out yesterday, with Americans increasingly divided on key election issues going into the November election. In 1987, the partisan gap was at 10 percentage points, and has now nearly doubled, hovering at