Rod Webber, a man who has followed candidates around New Hampshire, asking questions and handing flowers, started reading a Bible verse to Trump.
Japanese reporters have followed candidates on the campaign trail, scrutinizing their tactics as a blueprint for the vibrant two-party system Japan would like to build.
Jacques Steinberg of The Times takes a look at how the "Boys on the Bus" newspapermen who followed candidates' every move during the 1972 campaign have been replaced with women, bloggers — or in some cases, no one at all.
Teachers can use a class Twitter account to follow candidates and students can analyze how their local elections might be influenced by social media outreach.
Mike Erlandson, chairman of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, said McEvoyEvoy shared Mr. Wellstone's passionate politics, and often took time off from work near the end of campaigns to follow candidates around the state.
While the hiring is informal, the rates are standard: People who put up banners are paid 150 rupees ($3) a day and those who follow candidates shouting slogans make 100 to 150 rupees, Prashant said.
I went to a couple of county fairs as a teenager, just for something to do over the summer, but had never been to a state fair until I started covering politics and had to follow candidates around.
For the power users, Whistlestop allows you to follow candidates on the site, and rewards users for activism on the site (i.e. sharing, donating) with custom badges.
This is due to the fact that reporters who follow candidates along the campaign trail get extremely bored hearing what is basically the same speech being given over and over again by whatever candidate they're following.
Some aspects of Vox's 2016 coverage have yet to be determined, such as whether or not the site will assign reporters to follow candidates on the campaign trail.
