Can going viral get you votes?
Is the pressure to create viral online content helping politicians reach a new audience — or just distracting us from the real issues?
Toronto city councillor Norm Kelly has become a Twitter sensation for his witticisms, pop culture savvy, and love of Drake. It's something more and more politicians are trying to achieve these days — like BC parliamentary hopeful Wyatt Scott, who's racked up more than 1.2 million views of this video:
But outside of the online sphere, what kind of effect does this have on real world politics?
To find out, Kelly joins the q political culture panel as a special guest alongside the National Post's Jen Gerson and MediaStyle's Ian Capstick.
WEB EXTRA | Check out a few of Norm Kelly's most "fire" (to borrow a term from the Twitterverse) moments below.
You're no longer welcome in Toronto, <a href="https://twitter.com/MeekMill">@MeekMill</a>.
—@normWe've had 6 Heat Alerts and 2 Extreme Heat Alerts. First Extreme Heat Alert on same day <a href="https://twitter.com/Drake">@Drake</a> dropped <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BackToBack?src=hash">#BackToBack</a>. <a href="http://t.co/1o4K1at2Oo">pic.twitter.com/1o4K1at2Oo</a>
—@norm<a href="http://t.co/xfFUbQQenV">pic.twitter.com/xfFUbQQenV</a>
—@normPhiladelphia reacting to the news that <a href="https://twitter.com/Drake">@Drake</a> will be dropping 3 peat. <a href="http://t.co/UGrSqKkM9s">pic.twitter.com/UGrSqKkM9s</a>
—@norm