Social Media And Modern Elections
From Civics In A Year by The Center for American Civics
June 8, 2026 · 25 min · Season 1 · Episode 229
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of social media on modern elections and its implications for Gen Z voters.
A single TikTok can redefine a candidate faster than a week of traditional ads, and that reality is changing American elections in real time. We sit down with educator Spencer Burrows to trace how campaign communication evolved from “earned media” moments to Facebook fundraising, Twitter as a direct line to voters, and now podcasts and short-form video that reach people who don’t even think of themselves as political. Along the way, we ask what this means for Gen Z voters, whose political inf...
People in this episode
Guest: Spencer Burrows
Topics covered
- social media
- modern elections
- campaign communication
- Gen Z voters
- political engagement
Keywords
- TikTok
- campaign communication
- earned media
- Facebook fundraising
- political engagement
- short-form video
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Civics In A Year, The Center for American Civics
Places: America, Gen Z
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