Students Don't Debate Twitter & Facebook 4 Voting & Following Elections

AT&T sponsored a study of Lynn University students showing that American college students are more likely to vote in November because they follow a presidential candidate on Twitter or Facebook.

Social media is an innate part of student's lives.  President Obama previously offered a Facebook Townhall. He has 20,952,287 Followers  and is following  671,684 Twitterers.

Tonight those who want to support Obama use the hashtag #TeamObama2012 on Twitter. Mitt Romney has1,421,067 Followers and follows 273 .

During the first presidential debate this year users sent 10.3 million Tweets during the 90-minute debates, according to Twitter’s official estimates.

We were wondering what the debates would be like if the candidates could only Tweet each other in 140 characters or less. Please let us know what you think it would be like in the comments below.

The AT&T 2012 Survey: Mobile America's Student Vote revealed Lynn students are very willing to participate in political discourse via social media outlets.

AT&T 2012 Survey: Mobile America's Student Vote

• 58 percent of those surveyed would use smartphones to cast their ballot if "mobile voting" were available.
• 87 said it is either "Somewhat important" or "Very important" to discuss political or public issues via social media.
• 93 percent said it is important candidates use social media to connect with the public.
• 85 percent of those surveyed use their mobile phones to check Twitter or Facebook.
• A combined 60 percent of students said political messages on social media outlets (40%) or online news sites like (20%) – are most likely to earn their attention.

The AT&T 2012 Survey: Mobile America's Student Vote was conducted by 25 Lynn University Undergraduate students enrolled in "Campaigns in the 21^st Century," a class led by Assistant Professor Stephanie Jackson . 272 students were surveyed, mostly undergraduate students (92%) between the ages of 18-23 years old (88%).