The 57th US presidential election will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. And as with all presidential elections, there's sure to be a lot of talking points en route to the finale, which is why it seems YouTube is launching a new dedicated Politics site in the build up to election time. In a [...]

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The Next Web recently posted this article about young entrepreneur and founder of WIWT Poppy Dinsey. Now as a young woman interested in setting up her own business I found Poppy's story inspiring. She's young, she seems to know her stuff, and so far looks pretty successful. Sadly, it seems not everyone agrees with me.Read through the article… go on, I'll wait.All sounds pretty good right? But then there's the comments section. This is actually what inspired me to write this post. A debate [...]

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Back in May, head-to-head political debate made its way to YouTube with the launch of YouTube Town Hall.  Over the last couple of months, via Town Hall, YouTubers have been able to ask questions of Congress members, listen to their responses and vote, without being told whether the representative answering is a Democrat or Republican.  Today, YouTube has released an infographic featuring some of the party and voting statistics that have been gleaned from YouTube Town Hall.


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