There's no shortage of places to catch up on the latest Election Day coverage, but Twitter is aiming to make it easier for political junkies to get news by creating a one-stop shop Election 2012 event page.
Curated by Twitter, the page is loaded with tweets from the presidential candidates, political parties, and news sources such as the Electoral College, CNN, and the Washington Post.
"It highlights tweets from candidates and their staffers, media, and other key players so you can hear directly from those close to the action," Rachael Horwitz, Twitter's senior manager of communications, wrote in a blog post today.
In addition to these select people and pages, tweets that have the hash tag #election2012 also appear on the site's event page. The page went live this morning and is already chock-full of tweets about various candidates and propositions, voting guides, and user opinions.
If this page becomes too hectic and users want to learn more about what is happening closer to home, it could be helpful to search for more specific hash tags. According to the Washington Post, searching for a state by using its abbreviati... [Read more]
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