How technology influences politics
social media has changed politics. It is now much easier for leaders to talk directly to their followers. In the US, Barack Obama was one of the first presidents to use social media to bolster support. Donald Trump tweets almost daily to his more than 88m followers.
Twitter and other social media do not only benefit political incumbents. A recent study forthcoming in calculates the additional campaign contributions that politicians, who run for the US Congress, received after they began using Twitter. The authors estimate that “the differential effect of opening a Twitter
