Be wary of candidates who declare victory too quickly. Voters may want to know the results of the presidential election as soon as possible, but election experts say the counting is far from over. Election day is rarely officialbecause the process of validating, processing, and tabulating all the ballots takes time.
Media organizations and candidates may call elections early for reasons such as: Predicted value and the size of the differences between candidates in various battleground states. But that doesn’t mean all votes have yet to be counted, especially in states that don’t allow mail-in, absentee, or early voting to be processed before Election Day. Be careful to check the source of any official calls that may be circulating online. Learn what election winners are called by reputable organizations such as: Associated Press.
Individuals are encouraged to follow election agencies in key battleground states for the most accurate information and official tallies. arizona, georgia, michigan, nevada, north carolina, pennsylvaniaand wisconsin.
X users can enjoy adding a patriotic element to their daily scrolls as Election Day approaches, filling their feeds with more and more content, and potentially misinformation.
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Tapping the “Like” button rotates an animation of a ballot box bursting with stars, but contrary to some online claims, the site’s official #ElectionDay tag and #Election2024 display the same patriotic ballot box. Applies only to posts that use the tag. Emoji. And that’s not the work of CEO Elon Musk’s Trump campaign sympathizers.
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Animation is just the eye-catching part of the platform Election Day Live Hub,and General marketing options Used in past brands, campaigns and holidays. This context was omitted from several viral tweets, in which some users said the new animation was a reference to Musk’s recent support for presidential candidate Donald Trump and the former president’s “current They claimed they mistakenly believed it was a celebration of “Reed.” But the post claiming the animation was a pro-Trump move was not the official Election Day numbers, but excerpts from a poll posted last week by data forecasting firm Atlas Intel.
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The entire X bot farm also took notice of this effort. multiple Accounts that post the same copied text to collect likes and reposts from other users: “I thought this was fake 🙀 But it’s totally true. Elon Musk uses the like button for US election 🇺🇸”.
In addition, Musk created an animation for the Trump campaign purely to collect “likes,” combining official tags with pro-Trump messages and engagement bait such as “Repost for Kamala, Like for Trump!” Some people took advantage of the claim.
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Others, however, used the election hashtag as a meme, as usual.
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