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Disclosure of U.S. social media users' political views via posts 2012, by party
Share of U.S. social media users who learnt via social posts that their friends political views were different than they had thought in 2012, by party affiliation
by Statista Research Department,
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Mar 12, 2012
This graph shows the share of U.S. social networking site users who said they had learned via social posts that their friends' political views were different than they had thought. The responses are differentiated by the party affiliation of participants. In 2012, 49 percent of Democrat social network users found that someone's beliefs were different than they thought, based on something they posted on social networking sites.
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Mar 12, 2012
This graph shows the share of U.S. social networking site users who said they had learned via social posts that their friends' political views were different than they had thought. The responses are differentiated by the party affiliation of participants. In 2012, 49 percent of Democrat social network users found that someone's beliefs were different than they thought, based on something they posted on social networking sites.
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- March 2012
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- January 20 to February 19, 2012
- Number of respondents
- 1,047 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- Social networking site users
- Method of interview
- Telephone interview
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* % of social networking site users who say they learned someone’s views were different (among Democrats, Republicans, Independents; very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, and very liberal users)
original survey n = 2,253
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- January 20 to February 19, 2012
- Number of respondents
- 1,047 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- Social networking site users
- Method of interview
- Telephone interview
- Supplementary notes
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* % of social networking site users who say they learned someone’s views were different (among Democrats, Republicans, Independents; very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, and very liberal users)
original survey n = 2,253
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