Undecided Voters More Likely to Be Influenced by Social Media: Scary or So What?

by Fef Posted 2012/09/18 22:00:00

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	So What?	640 votes	38%

Yikes! America's republic gets boiled down to a tweet or status update... "Dude, how should I vote? (Tell me in 140 chars or less.)" Wake up America! Do some research before you decide the fate of the free world.

AYTM.COM reports:
A recent study shows that social media has a big influence on Americans' decision to vote. What do they have to say about voting influence?

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Nancy~PWCM~JLA~POTL 2012/09/20 00:45:50

Scary

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I really do not think there are any undecided voters. Everything is pretty much in place for the election. The debates are pure and simply entertainment and watch who trips. Undecided will probably not show up. Independent voters will and they are not all about Obama . Just look at the middle east on fire while he is late night TV attention. Hard to believe that the middle east has that many American flags to burn. Think about it
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Yo'Adrienne..AFCL 2012/10/23 00:27:14

So What?

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The harder question is how anyone who really does plan to vote could still be struggling with whom to vote for!
If you don't know who you are voting for today...............something is wrong with you! (10-22-12)

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Turn the Tide 2012/09/29 14:37:32 (edited)

Scary

I believe President Lincoln was worried about women voting, even though he recognized their voting rights.

As a rule by nature, women are born nurturers, born social, born more verbal than men, and more giving. Without women, society would be a bit worse than what the Middle East culture is now or not exist at all. In essence, women are natural born Socialists, and they are attracted to Hollywood Socialists and Socialites.

As a rule, women mostly vote with their emotion on whatever they believe how their social group is voting. Rarely do they vote independently from their group identity. For example, the Opera Syndrome... where is Opera now since the Kenyan Muslim Marxist Pied Piper of America was elected... the President who's vistion for America is Mediocrity and the President who's vision for the Middle East minus Israel is Prosperity?

I believe this is why Lincoln was a bit worried about women voting... worried about how they are by nature.

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Nomie to Turn th... 2012/10/23 00:37:26

I disagree most women are Socialists. We are more social, but that is not the same. Turn the Tide do you really believe what you wrote?

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JoeM 2012/09/25 17:37:14

Scary

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Each person should make a list of the 5 political issues that are important to them. Look at the stance of each candidate on each of those issues, and then vote for the guy that fits your conscience. I think the results would shock everyone.

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nails 2012/09/23 01:43:32

Scary

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If they don't know by now.PLEASE STAY HOME.

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johnjr 2012/09/22 22:53:48
pops 2012/09/22 18:05:59

Scary

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So many uninformed people believing uninformed people.

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Dub 2012/09/22 05:00:22

Scary

Social media is mostly opinions, you can't use other people's opinions to influence your vote. That's why you should not vote for Obama. I think Romney is the lesser of two evils. (After all isn't that what the election is about? Voting for the lesser of two horrible evils.) Especially after seeing the way the country went in the last few years with Obama in charge. It can't get better with Obama again.

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Nomie to Dub 2012/10/23 00:42:05 (edited)

I don't like that before the whole country has had a chance to vote the media begins giving updates on the results. I think a lot of people wait to go by that, then either vote for the straggler, or the leader at the moment. Now in Washington we do mail-in ballots. I have mine mostly filled out. I just don't know about Charter Schools. I want more info on them, yet. Also, there is yet another debate, one that the West Coast has yet to see---I think people should wait for that. We here have 20 minutes yet until it is on.
I have to miss Odessey, the childrens program on Moody Radio...lol.
Since I don't have cable I need to find the debate online real soon.

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Kaye 2012/09/22 01:32:39

Scary

Can't these people think for themselves?

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Al C. to Kaye 2012/09/22 10:46:22

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Dummycrats surely can't think for themselves, undecideds can't make up their minds, and independents don't want to think, so it's up to Republicans to turn out and vote to get rid of the DUMBEST MOST INCOMPETENT SON OF A BITCH WHO EVER HELD THE OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JET 2012/09/22 01:03:32

Scary

+3
Absolutely sad that some people need to be told how to vote because they don't know where they stand on an issue.

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dragon88 2012/09/22 01:00:45

So What?

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Either way the U.S. is going down the wrong road.

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Mountaineer 2012/09/22 00:59:34

So What?

If some voters are likely to be influenced by the Media, then who is going to benefit more from that? MSNBC supports Obama, while FOX supports Mitt Romney. And which one has more viewers? Everybody knows that FOX has more viewers than all other channels.

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Tom Camfield 2012/09/21 17:48:30

So What?

Opinons always have been formed to large extent from social intercourse with one's peers--along with parents and teachers. Reason and fact often go over the head and out the window.

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Deputy Chief 2012/09/21 16:15:34 (edited)

Scary

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I am hoping that people will use common sense rather than be influenced by the LAME stream media who are obviously LIBERAL biased.

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sheratan 2012/09/21 16:04:52 (edited)

So What?

If it is true then Obama is going to win according to Twitter's political Index which is -a new barometer of what the public is thinking (and, of course tweeting) about President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney.

https://election.twitter.com/

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nofrills to sheratan 2012/09/21 18:17:49

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America's biggest concern is that the obamas are behavi.like they won the LOTTERY..and we need to tell that they didnt on NOV6...u can tke whatever way you want..but we will put them out of business.

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Indigo Minded 2012/09/21 15:55:06

So What?

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Technically, undecided voters are seemingly more difficult to influence. Most peeps have picked a side and are currently defending that side furiously. Who are they influenced by...mainstream media...including Fox, family, opinion sites, pastors, etc. Undecided voters are apparently actually "thinking for themselves" maybe. It's difficult because to find fact you have to do it yourself from a variety of sources, and then negotiate an actual truth that you can live with. Most gobble up news vomit and call it a day.

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LarryFine 2012/09/21 14:48:43

Scary

+4
Further evidence of the ongoing "dumbing down" of America.

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Alien Ramone 2012/09/21 13:55:11

So What?

Of course undecided voters are more likely to be influcenced. Decided voters have already made their mind up.

At least with social media there there can be a diversity of opinions and links to supporting information, unlike with mainstream media, which can spoon feed the public basically what the media owners want without rebuttal.

A lot of the people who are saying this is scary are probably on social media trying to influence people. I know I try to.

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shadow76 2012/09/21 08:38:07

Scary

+1
How do you tell the difference anymore?

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Miss Fiona 2012/09/21 05:35:01

Scary

+4
Never underestimate the power of idiots in large numbers.

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LarryFine to Miss Fiona 2012/09/21 14:47:53

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So well stated!

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Robert ... to Miss Fiona 2012/09/22 16:38:44

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The founding fathers gave us the electoral college for that reason. Supposedly.

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Miss Fiona to Robert ... 2012/09/24 01:50:51

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As a populist conservative, the idea of an electoral college bothers me. The murkiness of politics exemplifies the belief that politicians must follow their party's line, in order to stay relevant and a representative of their particular party.
I haven't researched electoral colleges enough to base a fully reasoned opinion, but I support the idea of favoring popular vote.

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Cricket 2012/09/21 02:42:32

Scary

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quite so

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Embalmer 2012/09/21 01:50:52 (edited)

So What?

I know one thing for sure - if they go by what the rightists here on SodaHead say and think, it will be an Obama landslide.

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zapped 2012/09/21 00:58:12

Scary

well as an undecided / independent ,,what social media is gonna influence me ?

besides the fact POBAMA is a fake & farce ...I dont like romney either !

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nofrills to zapped 2012/09/21 18:18:56

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well the ppl are scared stiff that the obamas are behavi.like they won the lottery..and we are running out of MONEY to keep up this charade for another 4ys..

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zapped to nofrills 2012/09/21 19:07:56

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well the part of running out of money ,,,YEP ,, but they continue to spend etc .

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SimianSays 2012/09/21 00:57:08

So What?

Little do you realise, the decided voter is already influenced by social media, among other things.

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Maddog 2012/09/20 23:57:06

Scary

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Very, very scary! It's an indication of how mindless we've become as a nation!

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IndyLinda 2012/09/20 23:47:28

So What?

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I've seen info that says the conservative OWN the social media. Good.

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shadow76 to IndyLinda 2012/09/21 09:40:55

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I highly doubt that!

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IndyLinda to shadow76 2012/09/21 18:08:29

I'm a fiscal conservative, for real. Here is just one item about conservative rankings. You can do the rest of the work for yourself, but if you want an argument, then you've exposed yourself as a lib in conservative clothing,
http://thecontributor.com/top...

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shadow76 to IndyLinda 2012/09/22 03:42:43 (edited)

You are insane I am a conservative, both social and fiscal! I was thinking social Media was was the gossip smut. I did not know there is a "social media". I love Michele Malkin she is one of my favorites!

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IndyLinda to shadow76 2012/09/23 19:08:00

What a nutbag -- obviously illiterate.

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Nomie to IndyLinda 2012/11/04 04:59:42

Unnecessary.

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Nomie to IndyLinda 2012/11/04 04:59:05

This is good news, but I guess I thought the discussion was related to network news on television. So social media is blogging? I stand corrected.

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