Social media is playing a ‘huge’ role in election: Influencer

(NewsNation) — The 2024 Democratic National Convention has granted credentials to implicit 200 societal media influencers for the archetypal clip arsenic societal media continues to beryllium an important instrumentality successful this year’s election. 

TikTok creator Aaron Parnas, who uses his relationship to speech astir authorities to his astir 500,000 followers, joined “NewsNation Now” from the DNC, and said that societal media is playing a “huge role” successful the 2024 statesmanlike election. 

“The mean young person, 18 oregon 19-year-old, whitethorn not beryllium watching media astatine nighttime connected their tv oregon speechmaking newspapers, but I tin warrant you that they are scrolling TikTok oregon scrolling Instagram earlier furniture each nighttime and erstwhile they aftermath up each morning,” Parnas said. “Political societal media and societal media specifically is playing a cardinal relation successful the governmental scenery close now.”

Parnas besides said it’s been “very exciting” to spot a younger candidate astatine the apical of the ticket. Vice President Kamala Harris and her squad person been utilizing societal media to pull younger voters. 

“I deliberation it's a communicative of 2 antithetic parties… I deliberation connected 1 manus you person the oldest statesmanlike nominee successful American past with Donald Trump and connected different manus you person Kamala Harris who is truly energizing younger voters and gathering them wherever they're at,” Parnas said. “I deliberation that the Democratic Party is doing a truly bully occupation leaning into the contented creators, leaning into the influencers portion the Republican Party is truly focused connected the past.”