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Social Media Could Draw Young Voters to the Polls

360 young voters
AZPM Staff
Two women fill out their ballots at a polling place in Pima County.

While television and radio remain the most prominent platforms for political advertisements, more of those messages are reaching audiences on social media. Assistant professor Dam Hee Kim specializes in social media engagement at the University of Arizona Department of Communication. She explained how campaigns can effectively reach supporters online and how interactions on social media could encourage younger voters to go to the polls.