Roots Report

Good afternoon everyone! Well today is a brand new day in every sense of the word. Now that the elections are over, it's interesting to see the impact social media really had on the outcome of many races. Facebook is claiming users helped predict more than 70% of key races. Also, a pro business group took over YouTube's homepage on election day to push certain candidates. Finally, the GOTV efforts this year got a big push from social media. See how social networks helped encourage voters.

Facebook predictions were on target: Facebook users helped predict more than 70% of key races this election cycle. It looks like a campaign's amount of Facebook fans meant more than anyone thought.

Pro business group buys YouTube homepage for Election Day: Looking at the outcome of the election, that seems to be money well spent. 

Helping to encourage voters one website at a time: This election cycle took online grassroots efforts to GOTV to a whole new level. From Google to Facebook, social media networks did their part to encourage you to vote.