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The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012

TIME's social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.

Politics

Barack Obama

By Allie TownsendMarch 15, 20120

What’s at stake for you in this election? Share what’s on your mind—and help shape the conversation moving forward: OFA.BO/iZ7xot
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 20, 2012

Followers: 13,147,990

2012 is destined to be the most tweeted election to date. Following the incumbent candidate (not to mention our sitting Commander In Chief) just seems like an important piece of the modern democratic process.

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