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Apr 17, 2011Los Angeles Times
Four years ago, Barack Obama kicked off his presidential campaign on the steps of Illinois' Old State Capitol, speaking in front of thousands of supporters and a throng of media. Earlier this month, when he formally announced his reelection campai...
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Jan 27, 2011USA Today
Younger Internet users, Pew says, were more likely to use social media for these political activities, but people over age 50 are rapidly catching up.
President Obama's 2008 campaign pioneered the use of social media in his overall comm...
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Jan 27, 2011Christian Science Monitor
Democrats and the Obama campaign may have pioneered the use of social media in an election, but Republican voters and tea party activists caught up with them in 2010, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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Jan 26, 2011NPR
"Lots more people — including Republicans, independents, supporters of the Tea Party — are just as active in this space as Democrats used to be," says Lee Rainie, director of Pew's Internet and American Life Project. "So the Democratic advantage, ...
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