Facebook and elections

No one knows what happens on your Republican friends’s Facebook newsfeed…

If Facebook’s effects on voter turnout are as large as this research suggests, then Facebook could easily skew the 2016 election. By selectively presenting the “I Voted!” button to some voters, for instance, it could juice turnout among reliably Democratic demographics without increasing it among their Republican counterparts.

How Facebook Could Tilt the 2016 Election – The Atlantic

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