The Tories tried to get #VoteConservative trending on election day and it backfired in a big way

It started off as a jolly little campaign. Instead of using #BackZac2016 (because it really looks like he won't win) Conservative HQ decided that the best coordinated hashtag for people to tweet, for nationwide appeal, was #VoteConservative.

The early tweets went out...

...with support from the big names...

...and the goal to get it trending in the UK was achieved. 1-0 to the Tories, right?

Not really. A closer look at the tweets that make up the majority of the hashtag show that it didn't really go to plan:

They're all along a certain theme, although some deal with specific policies and departments.

Or tropes.

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think

you

get

the

picture.

Of course, the Conservatives won't mind that much, given that Twitter skews younger and is really not any kind of barometer for an election - does anyone remember last May?

It's a nice reminder to the Conservatives that they may as well not bother on Twitter.

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