Election day in the United States became the most tweeted about event in US political history, with enthusiastic netizens firing off 20 million poll-related tweets, the social network said.<\/p>\n
Americans flocked to Twitter<\/a> and other platforms all day in a massive social media burst, posting photographic proof they had cast their ballots, cheering their favorite candidates along and analyzing the latest polls.<\/p>\n “With 20 million tweets, Election Day just became the most tweeted about event in US political history,” Twitter announced on its official government and politics account @gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n The number far surpassed the 10.3 million tweets sent during the first presidential debate last month — an event the popular social network had at the time billed a record in US political history.<\/p>\n In an indication of the importance of social networks in the presidential race, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took to Twitter, Facebook<\/a> and Reddit<\/a> just hours ahead of polls closing to make last-ditch pushes for votes.<\/p>\n The campaigns have used social media extensively over the past few months to push people to vote and even try and beat the record 2008 turnout, when two-thirds of US voters cast a ballot.<\/p>\n Celebrities hit Twitter for US election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Twitter pivotal during Hurricane Sandy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nRelated articles<\/h3>\n