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Obama Bandwagon Effect on Facebook
Obama Bandwagon Effect on Facebook
I think this picture says it pretty clearly. In the last two weeks, Barack Obama has gained nearly 400,000 new friends on Facebook , a 20% increase in that short period of time. Wow. I guess the surge is working.
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