influencer election

• Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others
• Johnny Harris is one of YouTube’s premier creator-journalists. He’s building Newpress to help others like him.

  Johnny Harris and his wife Iz are putting their YouTube knowledge to use with Newpress, a platform for creator-journalists.

  
• Firearms enthusiast Brandon Herrera has a great chance to become the first YouTuber in Congress

  A sex scandal in a Texas Congressional district could be the thing Brandon Herrera needs to make history in 2026.

  
• From New York to the Netherlands, Election Day went well for TikTok’s favorite politicians

  Zohran Mamdani and Rob Jetter earned big wins for political candidates with big followings on TikTok. What comes next?

  
• 20 years of YouTube: 2024 brought us the “influencer election” — and a vision of the future
• Creator content has upended U.S. politics. Now it’s influencing Canada’s elections to the tune of millions of views.
• With the “influencer election” around the corner, creator factions are digging in
• The Kamala Harris campaign let viewers watch World of Warcraft and a Tim Walz rally at the same time
• TikTok is a news source for U.S. adults, but they’re not following traditional media outlets
• Kamala Harris kicks off Twitch channel with DNC speech stream