As we saw a few weeks ago, the race for the 2012 US presidential election had a clear and undisputed winner: data.

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That's 300 million negative votes -- more than twice as many than the total number of ballots cast in the 2012 US presidential election.

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For further exploration of my reasoning on this, see my answer to Who are the (compelling) third party candidates for the 2012 US Presidential Election? and my answer to After the economy, what is the single most important issue for the American electorate in the 2012 Presidential Race?

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The 2012 presidential election now is behind us.

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In the 2012 American presidential-election year, social media will make us more engaged and involved than ever.

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