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Elections - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Social Integration Platform Mass Relevance Announces Major Milestones

Mass Relevance, a social integration platform that worked with Facebook and CNN on Election Insights, announced Thursday that it has integrated 25 billion pieces of content into visualizations on TV, billboards, stadium displays, websites, mobile applications, and more.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/social-integration-platform-mass-relevance-announces-major-milestones_b117700#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/social-integration-platform-mass-relevance-announces-major-milestones_b117700 http://allfacebook.com/?p=117700 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:05:52 +0000 New Jersey Journalist Uses Only Facebook To Win Local Election

Power to the people. At least the people on Facebook. That’s the sentiment shared by Jim Cook, online editor at the South Jersey Times, who launched a last-minute bid to join the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Board of Education election in Pilesgrove Township, N.J., with no money, only 24 hours, and relying solely on Facebook posts shared with his friends.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/jim-cook_b105482#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/jim-cook_b105482 http://allfacebook.com/?p=105482 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:44:52 +0000 Facebook By The Numbers: The 2012 Presidential Race

President Barack Obama had three times as many Facebook friends as his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, on Election Day, and increased his share of Facebook friends 15 times over from 2008, according to a new list of data that examine the 2012 presidential race by the numbers.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/facebook-by-the-numbers-the-2012-presidential-race_b105422#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-by-the-numbers-the-2012-presidential-race_b105422 http://allfacebook.com/?p=105422 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:34:43 +0000 Facebook App Proves A Game-Changer for Obama Campaign

Answer: What is “targeted sharing” on Facebook? The question: How was the Obama campaign going to reach the millions of young people under 29 who had no listed phone numbers and flew under the radar — just out of reach of pollsters and volunteers — using the cellular network to communicate?

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/facebook-app-obama-campaign_b105201#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-app-obama-campaign_b105201 http://allfacebook.com/?p=105201 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:57:12 +0000 Facebook Mines 2012 Election ‘I’m Voting’ Data

Facebook’s Data Science team parsed the 9 million users they say clicked on the I’m Voting application, offering a glimpse into not just who was voting, but sharing, commenting, and liking across Facebook Nov. 6.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/im-voting-data-2012_b104910#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/im-voting-data-2012_b104910 http://allfacebook.com/?p=104910 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:23:27 +0000 Romney Losing 11 Facebook Likes Per Minute

What happens to candidates’ Facebook pages after an election? It’s a question no one has really had to address before, but prior to the 2012 election, more than 110,000 political Facebook pages were created, including more than 11,000 for candidates, so it’s hard to ignore. The Washington Post first picked up on the drop in Mitt Romney‘s Facebook fans Friday, when the GOP presidential nominee’s page was hemorrhaging 593 likes per hour.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/romney-losing-likes_b104504#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/romney-losing-likes_b104504 http://allfacebook.com/?p=104504 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:26:05 +0000 Did Facebook Engagement Translate To Wins In Key Congressional Races?

The 2012 election postmortems continue, and research published in Capitol Hill newspaper Politico indicates that congressional candidates with the social media mettle to engage their Facebook fan bases got much-needed bumps on Election Day.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/did-facebook-engagement-translate-to-wins-in-key-congressional-races_b104168#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/did-facebook-engagement-translate-to-wins-in-key-congressional-races_b104168 http://allfacebook.com/?p=104168 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:29:04 +0000 U.S. Election Day Transcends Borders On Facebook

People all over the U.S. were posting about either President Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Facebook during Election Day. But buzz about ballots wasn’t limited to the 50 states. Facebook released statistics Wednesday showing that the U.S. presidential election was popular in Canada, the U.K., and Australia.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/u-s-election-canada-u-k-australia_b104080#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/u-s-election-canada-u-k-australia_b104080 http://allfacebook.com/?p=104080 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:41:41 +0000 Bob Dylan’s Debut Post On Facebook

The times, they really are a-changing: Bob Dylan posted on Facebook for the first time ever Tuesday, and his inaugural post was related to President Barack Obama.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/bob-dylans-debut-post-on-facebook_b104068#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/bob-dylans-debut-post-on-facebook_b104068 http://allfacebook.com/?p=104068 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:40:36 +0000 Facebook Insights From The First Social Election Now that the 2012 presidential election is in the record books, we can start to examine more closely the role that Facebook played in the first “social election” and how the winners and losers used the platform in the waning hours of the race.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/post-election-insights_b104039#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/post-election-insights_b104039 http://allfacebook.com/?p=104039 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:35:21 +0000 On Election Day, Facebook Is Buzzing About Romney, Obama, Voting

Facebook is maximizing its Election 2012 resources on Election Day Tuesday, and users can get a sense of what voters are talking about on the U.S. Politics on Facebook page. Not surprisingly, the first release of Election Day data from the Facebook Talk Meter finds that the word “election” is dominating news feeds, followed closely by “Obama,” then “Romney,” with men scoring higher than women on the 10-point scale.

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/facebook-buzz-election-day_b103966#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-buzz-election-day_b103966 http://allfacebook.com/?p=103966 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:58:59 +0000 INFOGRAPHIC: Romney/Ryan Wins War Of Words On Facebook

The debates are over. The rallies are coming to a close. The presidential candidates are getting hoarse. Now that the election is almost over, Socialbakers answers the question: “Who won the war of words” on Facebook?

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]]> Jennifer Moire http://allfacebook.com/socialbakers-war-of-words-election-infographic_b103848#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/socialbakers-war-of-words-election-infographic_b103848 http://allfacebook.com/?p=103848 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:22:11 +0000 Find Your Polling Place Via Facebook Can’t find that slip of paper telling you where to cast your vote in the presidential election Tuesday? Don’t worry, Facebook is here to help. An application on the U.S. Politics on Facebook page directs voters to their polling place, based on their address.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/find-your-polling-place-via-facebook_b103829#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/find-your-polling-place-via-facebook_b103829 http://allfacebook.com/?p=103829 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:21:57 +0000 N.C. Man Boasts On Facebook About Voting For Barack Obama Four Times

The latest example of Facebook users boasting about crimes they committed involves the 2012 presidential election, as a blog called Barracuda Brigade preserved an image of a since-deleted Facebook comment by a North Carolina man who claimed to have already voted for President Barack Obama four times, with a fifth on the way.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/nc-voter-fraud_b103803#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/nc-voter-fraud_b103803 http://allfacebook.com/?p=103803 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:30:35 +0000 Discover Where Your Facebook Friends Stand Politically With Wisdom App

This is the season when Facebook users’ news feeds are filled with election-charged content. While the loudest voices are the ones most remembered, most of your other friends probably have political views that they aren’t expressing. Through MicroStrategy’s Wisdom application, users can see where their friends stand on the political spectrum.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/wisdom-political-spectrum_b103660#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/wisdom-political-spectrum_b103660 http://allfacebook.com/?p=103660 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:57:51 +0000