The Election

Normally, I am not too interested in politics or elections, but thanks to Twitter, I have found myself paying more attention to politics. Because both of the presidential candidates have Twitter accounts, I find myself reading more about the election than ever before. Also, many fellow tweeters tweet their opinions on the upcoming election, which also grabs my attention. I find it interesting that so many young people are taking an interest in politics, and even though I question their logic, I think it's good for society that more people are expressing their political opinions. Twitter has caused me to think about politics more than ever before. Over the next few weeks, I am writing a research paper over Twitter's affect on politics and the presidential election. I am actually excited to dig deeper in to this topic, which surprises me. If you told my younger self that I would some day be interested in politics on a social media site, I'd think you were crazy. I like this new interest though. I've always liked to be aware and to know what people are talking about, so I really encourage using Twitter to learn more about each candidate. However, the Twitter accounts of each candidate are extremely bias, so in order to get more accurate information, I would suggest digging little deeper. In order to find out more, I have watched the two debates between the candidates, and I have also watched some of the post debate commentary, which I have never done before. At some point, all this presidential election stuff will probably start to annoy me, but as for now, I am interested in all the festivities surrounding the election—thanks to Twitter.