{"id":1089,"date":"2010-11-03T13:10:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T17:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2010-11-03T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T17:10:07","slug":"social-media-midterm-election-coverage-plays-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/social-media-midterm-election-coverage-plays-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media midterm election coverage plays big"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Craig Howie, Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n<p>Twitter, Facebook, Google and Foursquare all did their bit for democracy Tuesday with election-themed widgets and services appearing on their pages.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook featured an online vote counter, which appears at the top of a user\u2019s feed and allows users to click to say they voted, which earns them an \u201cI voted\u201d badge they can use a profile picture.<\/p>\n<p>As of 11 a.m. PDT, the counter had been clicked more than 4 million times. It also includes a link to a Google-driven polling-center locator service.  Facebook\u2019s U.S. politics page featured the widget prominently alongside updates from politicians\u2019 feeds.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter, meanwhile, urged tweeters to use the #votereport hashtag to document their polling place experiences, which then will be collated at TwitterVoteReport.com (which also features Google-powered maps). Foursquare launched \u201cI Voted\u201d badges for users who check in at a polling center.<\/p>\n<p>Google included a simple link on its homepage to its locator-maps service for users to find their local polling stations. Google on Tuesday also released a list of the most searched politicians in the run-up to Tuesday\u2019s vote. California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman topped results for top search in the month before the election, with Nevada Sen. Harry Reid second and Kentucky GOP Senate candidate  Rand Paul third.<\/p>\n<p>To read more, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/washington\/2010\/11\/social-media-midterm-election.html\">Social media midterm election coverage plays big<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Craig Howie, Los Angeles Times Twitter, Facebook, Google and Foursquare all did their bit for democracy Tuesday with election-themed widgets and services appearing on their pages. 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