A Map of 'I Voted' Social Posts Makes the Election Seem Very Close and Very Odd

But digital often doesn't mirror real life

Simply Measured has been tracking people on social media who say they've participated in early voting for the presidential election. For instance, it scraped Twitter, Facebook and other platforms for statements like "I voted for Donald Trump," "I voted for Trump," "I voted Hillary," "I voted for Clinton," etc., since the last debate on Oct. 19.

If nothing else, the company's results reveal two things: the race could be tighter than most people imagine, and probably more importantly, the world of social media doesn't look much like the real world at all.

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