by kleinbl00
Consider the role GIFs are playing in the election this year. If you consider the impact televised debates had on Nixon and Kennedy and follow that through to the point where 24 hour cable news coverage gave us Donald Trump as a serious candidate, technology has made politics more about appearance and image with each race. And this year it may have reached an extreme conclusion in a several second looping GIF.The best part? Presidential candidates are actually playing to the medium.