Social media and the presidential election: Our report
Ian Lurie Oct 3 2012
Update: Here’s the latest numbers and my take on them: Facebook political update: Debates, spam and a polling slam.
Update: You can watch the video of my interview, now, in this blog post.
My KOMO TV appearance 10/3 was a bit of surprise, and our research wasn’t written up as prettily as I’d like. Still, I figured some folks might want to see more information than I can communicate in a 3-minute TV segment. Here’s the report so far:
I will be updating it over the next few weeks. Subscribe if you’d like the latest!

Ian Lurie
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Ian Lurie is CEO and founder of Portent Inc. He's recorded training for Lynda.com, writes regularly for the Portent Blog and has been published on AllThingsD, Forbes.com and TechCrunch. Ian speaks at conferences around the world, including SearchLove, MozCon, SIC and ad:Tech. Follow him on Twitter at portentint. He also just published a book about strategy for services businesses: One Trick Ponies Get Shot, available on Kindle. Read More