Hillary Clinton’s “What Happened” weighed in at just over 500 pages, but the failed 2016 candidate must be busy adding chapters for the second edition to explain in even more detail why she lost.
A new study suggests that Twitter bots “may have slightly swayed” the 2016 election, as well as the U.K.’s Brexit vote.
Twitter bots may have swayed voters in 2016 presidential race: study https://t.co/I6cUBpheCe pic.twitter.com/t4Lp7UJPEN
— The Hill (@thehill) May 21, 2018
Automated Twitter accounts may have slightly swayed the results of the elections for president and over whether the United Kingdom should leave the European Union enough to change their outcomes, the authors of a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper published this month argue.
“Overall, our results suggest that the aggressive use of Twitter bots, coupled with the fragmentation of social media and the role of sentiment, could contribute to the vote outcomes,” wrote the authors of the paper, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the United Kingdom’s Swansea University.
“Could contribute to the vote outcomes.” That and those Russian-funded Facebook memes of a horned Hillary Clinton getting ready to take on Jesus Christ in a boxing match obviously are what tipped the election to Trump.
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— LA ??? (@lanstead777) May 21, 2018
Oh please….just ZIP IT https://t.co/9vlpBRpTXS
— @slotaddict (@slotaddict) May 21, 2018
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Stop. Just stop it right now. https://t.co/JMgxJxPUv9
— Katie Scarlet (@Katiescarlet2) May 21, 2018
LOL, no. https://t.co/9U7YlExRe4
— Evil Red Kid (@_SOURKIDZ_) May 21, 2018
This did not happen. https://t.co/MbXZomifcI
— D.K. "Unwilling To Work" USA (@KDKWife) May 21, 2018
Hey! Let’s put forth a narrative that is totally void of any facts or any way of verifying. https://t.co/jAngOnMFsj
— Rick Feit (@hook982) May 21, 2018
These people never learn. https://t.co/w3ziSHg1QN
— Dems☠Love?Dead☠Babies??? (@AnnKelly007) May 21, 2018
They just don’t quit!! ??? https://t.co/pjnymwYGwb
— ??AmericanWoman?? (@TrumpTrainDepo) May 21, 2018
Wow. We don't make our own decisions I guess https://t.co/XNl04LOMkS
— Nate (@SMC49yrs) May 22, 2018
Muh Russian Bots! https://t.co/uGsDqoi1cM
— Shannon#MAGA⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@KellyDetoni) May 22, 2018
According to "researchers at the University of California at Berkeley" No bias there right @alibreland ? #Hackery https://t.co/ncJvdtE0UR
— joe warner (@jwarner180) May 22, 2018
?????????? you clowns believe this? https://t.co/X6IXgfNZ8K
— (((WitCoHE))) (@E__Strobel) May 21, 2018
Imagine being swayed by anybody on twitter on anything https://t.co/iwsWgspNcL
— Jose Rios (@RiosJose559) May 21, 2018
You know what swayed my vote in the 2016 presidential race? MAGA. https://t.co/rS45eaMuPm
— Glitter Blooded American (@americaglitter) May 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/MAGAALLTHEWAY/status/998716580732207105
So now we're not just deplorable…we're bots. Yes! I'm a proud bot Trump voter https://t.co/szfJzfZDmv
— ❌ BotforTrump❌Q ?? (@BotforTrump) May 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/DrMyEyz/status/998713457620017152
https://twitter.com/chrisspangle/status/998682981572202496
LMAO Hillary lost because of Twitter bots? Is that the latest excuse? https://t.co/Tp1AxwajV2
— ClemsonGrl (@liberty_grl) May 21, 2018
Wait … last we checked, Hillary lost because white women voted for Trump because their husbands, male bosses, and sons told them to.
Bullshit https://t.co/zoyuI8uGf4
— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) May 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/liars_never_win/status/998694206838378496
https://twitter.com/cleach2/status/998681236531855362
Just cant get over the fact that people actually voted for @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/atDXY7lFfh
— EYEgöre (@DethRay) May 21, 2018
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'Impressive and scary': Glenn Greenwald calls out the group that's always crying 'Russian bots!' https://t.co/Q3PzxK0QV9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 20, 2018
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