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He may be older than dust, but, make no mistake about it, John McCain is a certified “Twitter Genius.” According to a recent study ( PDF ) conducted by researchers from George Washington University and New York University, the 73-year-old Arizona Senator ranks at the very top of the U.S. Senate’s “Twitter Geniuses.” The academics came to their conclusion after calculating every Senator’s “Digital IQ,” which they modestly call the “definitive benchmark for online competence.” As Politico explains, the metric combines a politician’s use of social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as his or her online following . Out of all 100 active Senators, only seven scored a “genius” level Digital IQ, with McCain, of course, coming out as the clear winner

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