It has been the voters’ furry friends that have stolen the show on election day
While millions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland take to the polls, it is the pets of voters who are claiming victory on social media.
The animals, mainly dogs, have become the top of today’s Twitter trends thanks to the hashtag #DogsAtPollingStations where canine owners have posted pictures of their dogs while they are out voting.
While UK election results aren’t in yet, #DogsAtPollingStations is a clear and early winner on social media: pic.twitter.com/yzNgNUu2Aq
— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 7, 2015
Twitter has erupted from the trend with hundreds of posts from all over the country.
Taken any pictures of #dogsatpollingstations today? We have! Send us yours and we’ll use them! pic.twitter.com/lH3vxMXRt3 — Herald Express (@TQHeraldExpress) May 7, 2015
The results from today’s vote won’t start to come in till 11pm tonight but that hasn’t stopped the topic from engulfing social media. While Facebook has been keeping track of how many post they have been to the polls, Twitter gave us dogs.
MT @plaindweller: #DogsAtPollingStations @innocent Paddy & Murphy in rural Wiltshire pic.twitter.com/p4kCEZKl0L #GE2015
— Wiltshire Council (@wiltscouncil) May 7, 2015
The trend was also adopted by animal rights campaigners to spread their message. The League Against Cruel Sports wanted to make people think about racing animals.
#DogsAtPollingStations which candidates really have their welfare at heart? >> http://t.co/5Pkt2yASqJ pic.twitter.com/uvmD3EDVF8
— The League (@LeagueACS) May 7, 2015
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