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LET’S CALM DOWN ABOUT
TWITTER BEING ABLE TO
PREDICT ELECTIONS, GUYS
AN TWITTER help
predict an election?
Please, please, let the
answer be “no.” But
Fabio Rojas, an associate professor of sociology at Indiana University, argues that it can in a recent
Washington Post editorial. “Mod-
C
ern politics happens when somebody comments on Twitter or links
to a campaign through Facebook,”
he writes, adding, “this new world
will undermine the polling industry.” Oh, well, it’s been nice knowing you, polling industry!
The editorial reads more like,
“Rah, Rah! [INSERT BUZZWORD
HERE]” than anything resembling
a piece of cogent political science.
A person
snaps a shot
of Barack
Obama’s
tweet
announcing
his re-election
as U.S.
president.