{"id":97,"date":"2016-11-07T22:28:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T22:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thethunderbird.ca\/usvote58\/?p=97"},"modified":"2016-11-23T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T18:06:16","slug":"u-s-elections-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thethunderbird.ca\/usvote58\/2016\/11\/07\/u-s-elections-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Elections On Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"entry-content\"><p>Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have used Twitter as a major part of their campaign, tweeting over 20 times a day in the four\u00a0months leading up to Election Day. This is high compared to the candidates in the Canadian federal election last year.<\/p>\n<p><script id=\"infogram_0_8f334e62-3820-46a4-9470-5da7695e64df\" title=\"Untitled infographic\" src=\"\/\/e.infogr.am\/js\/embed.js?E3y\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/infogr.am\/8f334e62-3820-46a4-9470-5da7695e64df\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\">Candidates on Twitter<\/a><br \/><a style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"http:\/\/charts.infogr.am\/line-chart?utm_source=embed_bottom&#038;utm_medium=seo&#038;utm_campaign=line_chart\" target=\"_blank\">Create line charts<\/a><\/div>\n<p>On Sept. 26, 88 million people tuned in to the first presidential debate, making it the most-watched debate in American history. 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