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05-10-2017, 06:47 PM
South Korea tracked their election by turning candidates into 'Game of Thrones' characters
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It may still be too soon to talk about anything election related, but here we go.
America's election night coverage traditionally involves a lot of political analysts walking around a brightly lit set swathed in some sort of red, white, and blue color scheme. There's a lot of talking while standing next to touch screen TVs, gesturing at demographic maps and looking at bar graphs.
SEE ALSO: Rejoice: George R.R. Martin has a new 'Game of Thrones' story coming out (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/george-r-r-martin-new-game-of-thrones-story-book-of-swords/)
Over in South Korea, they approach election night coverage a little differently. For example, for Tuesday's election one network decided to make their election updates entirely Game of Thrones themed, complete with candidate faces expertly superimposed over all the major characters from the show. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/south-korean-elections-game-of-thrones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It may still be too soon to talk about anything election related, but here we go.
America's election night coverage traditionally involves a lot of political analysts walking around a brightly lit set swathed in some sort of red, white, and blue color scheme. There's a lot of talking while standing next to touch screen TVs, gesturing at demographic maps and looking at bar graphs.
SEE ALSO: Rejoice: George R.R. Martin has a new 'Game of Thrones' story coming out (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/george-r-r-martin-new-game-of-thrones-story-book-of-swords/)
Over in South Korea, they approach election night coverage a little differently. For example, for Tuesday's election one network decided to make their election updates entirely Game of Thrones themed, complete with candidate faces expertly superimposed over all the major characters from the show. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/south-korean-elections-game-of-thrones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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