A fascinating graphic from
iProspect about the election compares the Facebook followers of Gov. Romney and Pres. Obama. This suggests, in tantalizing outline, a social portrait of the two groups.
Gov. Romney has 1.5 million followers on Facebook. Pres. Obama has 20.9 million.
The top activities listed by Gov. Romney's followers:
- Basketball
- Guns
- Gardening
- Football
- Church
- Quilting
The top activities listed by Pres. Obama's followers:
- Camping
- Meditation
- Stand-up Comedy
- Power Walking
- Playing Computer Games
- Jigsaw Puzzles
I wish they broke this down by the standard sociological categories of race, class, and gender, as well as age, but it does create a picture in the mind of the different "ideal type" voters for each candidate.
6 comments:
I wonder if you think that the fact that virtually all blacks will vote for Obama smack of rascim?
Since African-Americans have voted overwhelmingly for the last several Democratic candidates for president, regardless of the race of the candidate, no.
Should I?
I guess we do cling to our guns and religion...
If whites claimed to vote for a candidate because he was white the way that many blacks admitted to voting for president Obama because of his color I think you might mention it on your blog now and then.
Many liberals of all colors voted for Obama, in part, because of his race, as a great step forward in overcoming our national history of anti-black racism.
While I have seen some anecdotes of black people saying that they voted for Obama, in part, because he is black, I have not been able to find any research.
I have, though, seen some research, showing people voting against Obama because he is black. This was particularly telling in the 2008 Democratic primary, since race, not party, was the crucial factor.
I wonder why you have found no research on black racism?
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