Spotlight on 2012twit.com

If you don't understand what the term "The Revolution is Here" means, then you have yet to fully accept the complete dependence

But if you have heard of the revolution or are even an active member of the social media take-over, then you might understand why victory is so tweet.

Twitter has played a major role in toppling governments in the Middle East, reporting the take down of Osama bin Laden, and forcing the resignation of U.S. government officials.

This election year, Twitter is playing another pivotal role. 2012twit.com is analyzing the activity on one of the largest social media hubs since the creation of the internet. With the slogan, "the 2012 presidential election will be fought on Twitter" @2012twit provides "real-time analysis" of all the political news in the 2012 election.

Every day, 2012twit lets you know the percentage breakdowns of new followers for both the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns, the number of retweet each campaign gets, number of mentions, the top words used with the each campaign, and hashtags usually associated with each campaign.

The website and twitter page are great ways to keep up to date on the twitter impact in the 2012 election.

Born and raised in Detroit, MI, Jasmine has been working with Gavel Media since her sophomore year. She is a part of the class of 2013 and is a Political Science and Islamic Civilizations & Societies major. Follow on Twitter @j00ma.

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