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#votereport voted in #07442 and it was all smooth like butter. #wait 1 minute.

That was the message I sent to Twitter Vote Report this morning as soon as I was done casting my vote and it made me think a bit more about this election. Not just how it is different from all the previous ones for the obvious reasons, things that are at stake, our current international and economic position, race and gender of the candidates and their running mates. Furthermore, it is also significantly different in how it is covered and how people get involved, what tools they use to get their voice out, share their experiences, opinions, concerns and reservations about the candidates and the entire election process.

Starting from the candidates themselves, they have built a significant online presence and marketing avenues which have been used for months to get their messages out. On the other hand, people are talking about politics, the election and future of the U.S. online, on their social networking sites and services.

Some of many (way too many to list here) examples of how people share their election experiences, political views and ideas online:

The above mentioned Twitter Vote Report

An Orange America - thanks to Simon for sharing this with me (and for creating something this cool)

Election 2008 on Twitter itself

You can even donate your Facebook status to one of the candidates.

People are using Twitter, Plurk, Facebook, MySpace, and many other online services and websites to promote their views and support their candidate of choice. This is something new and I am sure will continue to expand and grow into even a bigger force in 2012 election.

I love the fact that people now have more power and opportunity to get independent information and news from other voters instead of simply being fed information from media conglomerates often controlled by people heavily invested in politics with their own personal agendas.

Please share what you have to say, someone out there will listen!

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