Legislative “Twitter style”: Social Media and Constituency Building in Colombia’s Senate Single Nationwide Electoral District

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Brief Overview

This paper examines senators’ Twitter accounts and behavior, and the distribution of their votes across the different regions and municipalities in Colombia, in order to contribute to the identification of where Colombian senators’ “home” really is.

Authors

• Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Raga, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

• Wilson Forero-Mesa, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia