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by nl 1371 days ago
To expand on this point, 18% of US voters say they get their political information from social media[1]. Even ignoring Twitters influence outside this group (which is significant because most journalists and politicians use it) it is pretty difficult to make the case that 18% of the voting public is insignificant.

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/07/30/americans-...