The contentious presidential election lit up Twitter with users posting more than 1 billion tweets about the election since the Republican debates began in August 2015.
“This has been called the Twitter Election, with every step of the campaign playing out in Tweets from voters, candidates, and journalists,” wrote Bridget Coyne, Twitter’s senior manager of government and politics, in a blog post.
That 1 billion tweets figure, however, was reported Monday night – the eve of the actual election.
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Source: COMPUTER WORLD