Presidential Candidacy Social Media

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all are successful in spreading the message they want to spread.

Social Media has numerous benefits and drawbacks as we can see through

the presidential election this year. Some of the benefits from social media are the

ability to increase a candidate’s campaign recognition, more opportunities to

convert people to a campaign, and the ability to connect on a higher level with the

supporters of the campaign. An example of converting people to a campaign would

be the videos that Trump makes about Hillary that criticize her and vise-versa. Some

of the drawbacks of social media are the possibility to have personal information

leaked, lack of feedback control, and mainly attracts current campaign members. An

example of leaked personal information would be when Hillary’s pneumonia was

revealed.

One major case of interest this election year is the debate between Donald

Trump and Hillary Clinton a few nights ago. During their debate, they went over the

issues currently happening and aspects of their campaigns. Jill Stein was actually

able to respond to the debate. In terms of who won the debate, there is a lot of

controversies. The host of the debate claims Hillary to be the winner but many other

people say Donald did better and fought his case with more determination. It’s also

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said that there may have been a biased with Hillary winning and that maybe the

mediator was harder on Trump. Another controversy is if Hillary is actually healthy

enough to run for president. After recent events, like her falling, it appears her

pneumonia is really severe. The whole reason her health issues got out was because

of her fainting but also the huge media coverage on it. Most republican media sites

and broadcasts definitely made sure to play the story as if Hillary is too sick to

become president.

In conclusion, social media has a huge impact on the presidential election this

year. Each candidate has taken full advantage of this new marketing tool and is all

trying their best. Social media is very beneficial to help spread their awareness but

can lead to the drawback of unwanted information leaking. Social media also has a

great impact on things such as the debate between Hillary and Trump. Social media

is the new benefactor of any election from here on out.