Georgia Runoffs and Tik Tok

 Georgia Lefkowicz is a teenager from Georgia who has always been interested in politics. He will be old enough to vote on November 3, 2020, and he plans to engage in them. Senate elections are at the top of Lefkowitz’s list of priorities because they "will decide the future of American politics for the next two years." In other words, if Americans want to get anything done in politics, they must first get through the Senate and actively participate in these elections. Lefkowicz, like many other millennials, shared their opinions and study findings on social media, but statistics reveal that most of them use Tik Tok to increase their viewing.  Specifically pertaining to Georgia politics, Senator David Perdue, and Jon Ossoff, the 2020 election rivals, are a prime illustration of how young individuals are utilizing the Tik Tok platform to disseminate state-level politics. Because there have been so many posts on this election in particular, Georgia has been ranked as one of the states with the highest political activity and higher voter turnout than in the 2016 election season—which, incidentally, is the year Tik Tok was just launched. Georgia adopts more younger electors into the senate in addition to being a state where voting is more popular; as a result, Tik Tok is being used more frequently in Georgia than ever before for advertising purposes. Tom Bonier, the CEO of Target Smart, expresses his amazement at the voter statistics in the smaller elections, even though most people prefer presidential elections over state elections. Young adults in Georgia are not only getting more involved in society, but they are also getting involved in their state government, which is crucial as the elected officials make many decisions that affect our state's favorable aspects.

 

 

My Take:

I believe that not only with Georgia but every state in America has in some form or another seen an increase in voter turn out from executive to state elections as a result of Tik Tok. Politicians in any area have to understand that Tik Tok is essentially the life line for the survival of young voters to continue being politically active. In the case of George Lefkowicz he was a young kid interested in elections and once he became of age he was able to utilize the most popular app to help  engage other peers of his age group (Young Adults). He also publicized a major standard that even myself tend to over look which is the amount of power the Senate hold to each individual state. From now on I am going to be paying more attention to Georgias political sphere as those electorates are the ones making the most direct and impactful decisions for me. 

My Question to You:

What ways (if any) do you get information about any government decisions happing in the senate? Does Tik Tok help you to stay in the loop? Maybe even a specific Tik Tok influencer?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-runoff-youth-vote/2020/12/30/8104720c-4605-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html