Every four years, American citizens eligible to vote have the important task of deciding who will be America's leader for the next four years. Some years the question is whether we will bring in a new man to lead the country or whether we will let the sitting president stay four more years in power and finish what he started. In early America, few factors influenced the choice of president. The process was pretty simple: The men decided they wanted to run for president, and they ran. Over the years, the process became more complicated with the invention of parties and eventually the two-party system, and then it was necessary to appoint men to run, and so on. Even with the new party system, little influenced the choice of President of the United States. Citizens listened to what presidential candidates had to say and then voted. This simple process of nominating (a candidate to run), listening to him (where he stood on important issues), and voting (for the man you considered best for the job) began to become a uncomplicated in the 1960 election, which is widely known as the first media election. After the 1960 presidential elections will never be the same, this research paper is designed to answer how social media affects American citizens' choice to be president of the United States of America. To answer this question, two historic media elections will take place. examined by focusing on how the presidential candidate performed during the presidential debates. The two elections that will be examined are the 1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, focusing on the October 7, 1960 and October 21, 1960 foreign policy debates...... middle of paper . ..... eat. Discussions on social media are all about jokes that have been labeled as shocking moments that occurred during the debates. It seems that social media is simply a faster way to talk about the debates, but not a way that citizens use to choose the president. If that had been the case, according to Obama's social media, the 2012 presidential election would not have been as close as it was. . (Below is a photo comparing their social media.) It also seems that the debates are not as important as has always been thought since nothing shocking is actually happening there to attract attention viewers. What matters is who is chosen for the role of vice president, how the presidential candidate stands with his or her own religion, etc. Hopefully this research will lead researchers to frame their research to include some of the things that have been discussed in this article..