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  • Primary Election Day: A Look at How Local Candidates Are and Are Not Using Twitter

    Primary Election Day: A Look at How Local Candidates Are and Are Not Using Twitter

    Today, Tuesday, May 16, 2017 is Primary Election Day in the state of Pennsylvania. I am particularly interested to see how the turnout for this local election compares to previous primary elections that occur after a presidential election. Since November, there has been an incredible volume of posts on social media about getting involved in local issues. The turnout today will be an interesting metric of if posting about local politics translates into voting locally.

    I have been following the election on Twitter all day and out of curiosity, I wanted to see what the candidates are tweeting about today. As I was building a Twitter list of candidates, I was a little surprised to find that many of the candidates on the ballot in the City of Pittsburgh are not on Twitter. I’ve put together a list of candidate that are on the ballot in Pittsburgh with their Twitter handles and # of followers today. Given that the current President of the United States uses Twitter on a daily basis, and that Twitter is used by many politicians in Washington to communicate with constituents, I expected that more of the local candidates would have Twitter accounts.

    I have excluded the judicial candidates and magistrate races from this list. Of the 20 candidates listed only 11 have Twitter accounts, (handles are listed below) and not all of them are very active.

    The only candidates that have posted at least one tweet today are @tkailsmith , @FifeMyers , @DanielGilman , @BillPeduto & @AshleighDeemer.

    You can follow our Twitter list of Pittsburgh primary candidates here. Live stream of candidate tweets is included below.

    Office Candidate Twitter # of Followers
    1 Mayor of City of Pittsburgh Bill Peduto @BillPeduto 57,123
    2 Darlene Harris @Darlene4Pgh 1291
    3 John Welch @welch4mayor 124
    4 Allegheny County Sheriff Bill Mullen
    5 George Satler
    6 Pittsburgh City Council District 2 Theresa Kail-Smith @TKailSmith 1583
    7 Pittsburgh City Council District 4 Anthony Coghill @CoghillAnthony 28
    8 Ashleigh Deemer @AshleighDeemer 1245
    9 Pittsburgh City Council District 6 Daniel Lavelle @RDLavelle 3260
    10 Pittsburgh City Council District 8 Daniel Gilman @RDLavelle 6001
    11 Allegheny County Council Jim Ellenbogen
    12 Robert J. Palmosina
    12 Pittsburgh School Board District 1 Sylvia C. Wilson @SylviaCWilson 30
    14 Pittsburgh School Board District 3 James Myers @FifeMyers 436
    15 Sala Udin @SalaUdine 200
    16 Pittsburgh School Board District 5 Terry Kennedy
    17 Ghadah Makoshi @G_Makoshi_PGH 10
    18 Pittsburgh School Board District 7 Cynthia A. Falls
    19 Pittsburgh School Board District 9 Veronica Edwards
    20 Carolyn Klug

  • Happy Election Day – Voter Resources and Election Day Parties

    Happy Election Day – Voter Resources and Election Day Parties

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    Today is Tuesday, May 17 and that means it is primary election day here in Pittsburgh.

    The polls are open from 7am-8pm.

    Click here for the Allegheny County Polling Place Locator

    Who Should I Vote For?
    The folks at Progress Pittsburgh have put together a big table with candidates for most of the city and county races that includes information about which candidates have been endorsed by the Post-Gazette, Planned Parenthood, P2pac, Allegheny County Democratic Committee and other groups.  The table also includes links for more info on each of the candidates.

    Did some one say party?
    Yes, most canidadates will be hosting some sort of celebration after the polls close this evening.  Here are the events that we know of (h/t Progress Pittsburgh for compiling this info in one place).

    • Darlene Harris – Billy’s Troy Hill Bistro, 1720 Lowrie St.
    • Bruce Kraus – Green Front Inn, 2341 East Carson St.
    • Lucille Prater-Holliday – The Montage, 201 N. Braddock Ave.
    • D. Raja – Greentree Radisson Hotel
    • Rich Fitzgerald – IBEW, Hot Metal Street
    • Chelsa Wagner – Gaetano’s, 1617 Banksville Road
    • Valerie McDonald Roberts – Tonic Bar and Grill, 971 Liberty Ave.
    • Doug Shields – Doug Shields’ Campaign HQ 5800 Forward Avenue
    • Patrick Dowd – Church Brew Works, 3525 Liberty Ave

    Tweet About It – #votepgh
    We will be following election day – all day on twitter – please tweet about election day and use the hash tag #votepgh

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  • Are Your Ready to Vote? Polling Place Locator

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    Tuesday, November 2, 2010 is election day in Pennsylvania.

    On the ballot this Tuesday – Governor, Senate, Congress, State House and State Senate

    For more information on the candidates check out the League of Women Voters Guide to the 2010 Elections

    Need to know where to vote? Just enter your address below.
    Thanks to the New Organizing Institute – an awesome non profit organization focused on using technology in civic engagement – for the heads up on the Google Polling Place gadget.

  • Free Ben and Jerry's on Election Day

    Bring your voting stub to Ben and Jerry’s between 5-8pm on Nov. 4, 2008 and get a free scoop of ice cream.

    I think that the only Ben & Jerry’s in Pittsburgh is in Sq. Hill on Forbes Ave.

    I guess it has been a while since I have been in Ben & Jerry’s (probably because I am often seeking the ice cream at Oh Yeah!) – I didn’t know Steven Colbert had his own flavor – Americone Dream.

    h/t Progress Pittsburgh

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