“Candidates from the Dutch political party Democrats 66 (D66) have been using Grindr as part of their local elections campaign in Amsterdam. It makes perfect sense, considering politicians are already all over social media, but the internet went wild for this story because Grindr is generally better known as a platform for sharing dick pics, not political policies.

I gave Jan-Bert Vroege, one of the D66 candidates using Grindr, a call to ask him why he took to the app to reach out to potential voters.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Caroline Christie / Vice:
http://www.vice.com/read/the-dutch-politicians-using-grindr-to-reach-out-to-voters

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