Latin American Facebook users weigh in on US election results with memes
Here are some of the most shared memes by country
Posted 12 November 2020 14:29 GMT
“And the wall?”. Meme widely shared in Guatemala as a commentary of the U.S. 2020 presidential
elections’ results.
On November 7, Joe Biden beat out Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential elections. News outlets quickly began covering reactions from Latin American leaders, but how has Biden's election win (and Trump's loss) been discussed on Facebook?
A simple search on Crowdtangle, a Facebook monitoring tool, gave some anecdotal results. A search using the word “elecciones” (elections) from November 7 to November 9 brought up the most shared images on Facebook per country.
While not a comprehensive polling of people's sentiments, this method offers a glimpse into local political narratives, humor, and commentary.
On November 7, the meme with the most shares in Guatemala refers to the Trump administration's construction of the wall between the United States and Mexico. Tens of thousands of Guatemalans try to migrate to the United States every year as jobs and food are scarce in some parts of Guatemala. Guatemalan children have died in U.S. immigration custody in 2019.
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