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Supporters of Donald Trump and opponents of Hillary Clinton conducted an Internet campaign between June 2015 and November 2016 in an effort to sway the election. During this time period, users of social media, especially Reddit and 4chan, conducted numerous "operations" to sway public opinion using Internet memes, Internet posts and online media.
The election was the 58th quadrennial United States presidential election, held on November 8, 2016. The presidential primaries and caucuses were held between February 1 and June 14, 2016, staggered among the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories. The U.S. Congress certified the electoral result on January 6, 2017, and the new ...
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, founded by three former PayPal employees— Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim —in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, since which it operates as one of Google's subsidiaries .
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March 25, 2016 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. In January 2016, three political advertisement cracked the top 10 most-viewed YouTube ads. (Video: Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) In the years since Sarah Palin ...
Nov 10, 2016 · 10.53pm/3.53am Trump’s path to the White House suddenly becomes a lot clearer, and Clinton’s a lot harder, as he takes the key battleground state of Florida and its 29 electoral votes.
Nov 8, 2016 · 26 September – First presidential debate; Hempstead, New York Most watched debate in American history, with at least 80m people tuning in. Clinton comes prepared, Trump not so much.
Many presidential candidates benefited from the use of social media in the 2016 election. Bernie Sanders. Many people think social media is the reason Bernie Sanders did so well in the Democratic primaries. In May 2016, 450,000 people belonged to the pro-Sanders Facebook group Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash.
