Tindering for votes: political activists turn to dating apps


Payne's Bumble profile photo. Payne, a 28-year-old digital communications consultant, flew from San Francisco with a friend to volunteer for the Warren campaign and the two women came up with the idea of using the dating app to canvass for votes. — AFP/Rhiannon Payne/Handout

WASHINGTON: Days ahead of the Iowa Caucuses vote, Rhiannon Payne was on the Bumble dating app – not to find a partner but to press her case for her candidate, Elizabeth Warren.

Payne, a 28-year-old digital communications consultant, flew from San Francisco with a friend to volunteer for the Warren campaign and the two women came up with the idea while sitting in a hotel room.

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