RNC buys sponsored Twitter hashtag to ask 'are you better off'?

The Verge writes, Earlier today the Republican National Committee purchased the trending topic (or hashtag) #areyoubetteroff. Asking the question of Twitter "are you better off?" than you were four years ago is the RNC's first use of Twitter as an impromptu (and very unscientific way to poll the populace). It also appears to be the first time the RNC has purchased a trending topic, just days after the Romney campaign became the first official political campaign to do the same when it purchased #RomneyRyan2012 during Romney's speech last Thursday night. Americans across the country are talking about how...

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