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Political engagement on social media reaches new high during US presidential election

on Nov 1, 2016 | 0 comments

By Haley Velasco

In a Pew Research study, roughly one-third of social media users indicate they often (9%) or sometimes (23%) comment, discuss or post about government and politics on social media.

On YouTube alone, users have spent over 20 million hours watching the presidential debate live streams on YouTube. YouTube will also be live streaming the results of the election starting at 7pm ET on 8 November from NBC News, PBS, MTV, Bloomberg, Telemundo and The Young Turks.

For the second presidential debate on 9 October, 63 million TV viewers tuned in, which was a 20% decline from the first. On YouTube, Read full story ›

Source: The Drum