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"As Election Day comes closer to an end, Twitter sentiment in swing states is split between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.\nBarack Obama's leading Mitt Romney on the Twitter Political Index in Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, New Hampshire and Iowa. Romney's got the edge in New Mexico, Virginia, Colorado and Nevada. However, all 12 states are trending in Obama's favor, and he's got the lead in Twitter sentiment across the United States as a whole.\n\nObama's also been the most tweeted-about candidate in every swing state:\n\nObama the most-tweeted-about candidate in every swing state; 40% of national Tweets to 24% Romney, reversing trend of recent days.\n\u2014 Twitter Government (@gov) November 6, 2012\n\nTwitter's already seeing thousands of election-related tweets every minute, meaning the election might set a new record.\n\nSEE ALSO: How to Watch Election Results Online\nAccording to social media analysis frim Attention, powered by Tracx, Obama's also taking a bigger slice of the online conversation pie: Since voting began Tuesday morning, Obama's leading Romney with 64% of online conversations, while Romney's at 36%. Attention/Tracx has been tracking these numbers throughout the election, and noted that these numbers have just now returned to where they were at immediately prior to the first presidential debate.\nOther interesting data? Twitter's once again the dominant spot of conversation, with 71.5% of election chatter happening there over the past few days. Facebook's got 18.5%, Tumblr's at 5% and blogs have the remaining 4%.\nOf course, social media sentiment can't show who's actually winning an election \u2014 after all, only 22% of registered voters have talked about their vote publicly on social media.\nWhat's your social network of choice for following the election? Share in the comments.\nMore Coverage of Election 2012\n\nBarack Obama Tweets Victory in 2012 Presidential Election\nYes, We GIFed: Obama\u2019s Animated Election Victory Celebration\nDonald Trump Freaks Out on Twitter After Obama Wins Election\nA Look Inside the Obama and Romney Headquarters on Election Night [PICS]\n15 Funny \u2018Moving to Canada\u2019 Tweets for Election Night\nObama\u2019s Victory Tweet Is His Most Retweeted Ever\nKarl Rove Refuses to Accept Obama\u2019s Election Win [VIDEO]\nWatch Mitt Romney Deliver His Concession Speech [VIDEO]\n\n\n\n\nMashable explores the trends changing politics in 2012 and beyond in Politics Transformed: The High Tech Battle for Your Vote, an in-depth look at how digital media is reshaping democracy. Read a few of the top posts from the series:\n\nElection 2040: The First President for Digital Natives\nVoter Data: What the Candidates Know About You\nHow to Market the Next President\nGaffesplosion: The Unrelenting Hype of Modern Politics\nHow Social Media Can Safeguard Your Vote\n\nTake it with you, buy  Politics Transformed: The High Tech Battle for Your Vote on e-book and get access to four exclusive interviews!\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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