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July 1, 2009

Could Twitter Influence the German Election?

by Petra Bornhöft, Spiegel, Germany - Ever since the German presidential election result was posted on Twitter before being announced officially there has been growing concern that the September election could be influenced by leaked exit polls. Politicians and opinion pollsters are demanding pledges of secrecy and there are even calls to ban exit polls altogether.

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