Devin Altieri, Author at Campaign 2016: Youth Vote

Follow the (Future) Leader

In March of 2016, three researchers from the University of Rochester set out to conduct an experiment. Yu Wang, Yuncheng Li, and Jiebo Luo ended up with a paper titled Deciphering the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign in the Twitter Sphere: A Comparison of the Trumpists and Clintonists. The paper compared the Twitter followers of the two major party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, of the 2016 presidential election.

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The Clinton Conundrum

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 28: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton watches balloons drop at the end of the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) — (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

“My vote and my support are two completely different things,” Mark Machuzick says. The 24 year old from Minnetonka, Minnesota, now living in Washington D.C., speaks about the 2016 election with punctuated sighs. “I’m not voting for Hillary, I’m voting against Trump,” he explains.

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