The 2012 Presidential Campaign is in full swing already, pitting Mitt Romney against incumbent Barack Obama. Obama was seen in 2008 as having the edge over John McCain through his use of the existing online and social media of the time, such as MySpace and email marketing, while the McCain campaign concentrated so heavily in traditional broadcast mediums. That is a mistake the Republicans are not likely to repeat. Politicians and political parties on both sides of the aisle will be using online and social media in all new ways in 2012. From Facebook to Twitter, from Linkedin to Pinterest,  this will not be an election we will be able to hide from online. How do their constituents see social media however? This infographic from Online Colleges shows how right, middle and left use the internet and view content presented on it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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