Ice cream and voting: Social media chatter on Alberta election

Here’s the scoop! Take a selfie OUTSIDE polling station and bring it to EITHER location to redeem a FREE kids cone! pic.twitter.com/RTwFi9Z64s

— Village Ice Cream (@Villageicecream) May 5, 2015

Ok, my office went to @villageicecream and they gave me a free ice cream for voting! pic.twitter.com/qUCEMp4ste

— Naheed Nenshi (@nenshi) May 5, 2015

Also village ice cream is giving a free kid-sized ice cream if you take a selfie outside of the polling station #abvote #freefooddyaas

— Sallie Salcedo (@salliemaebae) May 5, 2015

Free ice cream at village ice cream when you take a photo at a voting station #abvote pic.twitter.com/2COpQgkkTZ

— Katie Mulvihill (@klmulvi) May 5, 2015

When you can’t get to the poll the poll can come to you. The wheelchair lift is broken so they innovated. #abvotepic.twitter.com/Sh0tv0o9dk

— David Feldman (@David_Feldman) May 5, 2015

Done & done. No line, no problems except trying to explain vote/election to a 3 yr old. #chooseyouralberta#abvotepic.twitter.com/Jw8JTqxq1I

— Christine Meadows (@CMeadowsGlobal) May 5, 2015

Fun #abvote fact. 2.5 million Albertans are 44 or younger — meaning they have not seen a change in government in their lifetime. — Deb Zinck (@debzinck) May 5, 2015

That’s more than half the population of 4.1 million. — Deb Zinck (@debzinck) May 5, 2015

Conversely, only 1.3 million are old enough to remember a non-PC government.

— Deb Zinck (@debzinck) May 5, 2015

An #abvote wordcloud built on what people said in their tweets. My work here is done, thank you and good night. pic.twitter.com/xcCfCPmVPR

— Steve Ladurantaye (@sladurantaye) May 6, 2015