4. SOCIAL MEDIA&POLITICS Top Social Media Sources Post videos, pictures, and send messages to all of your friends about your upcoming political campaign. You can answer questions, interact, and become even more in touch with your party supporters. Twitter allows you to make updates in real time for your political campaign. Anyone interested in following your political campaign step-by-step can rely on this source of late breaking news, and it also allows you to send messages to thousands of your followers. Flickr is a necessary social media website to post all campaign pictures. People want to see the happenings of travel stops along a political campaign, and it allows you to share these images in this social media websites. YouTube is a must for any political campaign because it essentially lets you put a face to your name. People want to connect with you one-on-one, but they may not have the time to attend a political rally or fundraiser. You can start to talk to people about what you really are about, what your political party represents, and what you will accomplish when you are elected into office. YouTube is the opportunity you need to connect with any individual in your area through this source of media.