Posted on 10/20/2018 3:20:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Democrat candidates for the Senate and House are vastly outpacing their Republican opponents on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, according to analysis by the New York Times — although it’s impossible to say how much of their upsurge is the result of mass-bans and algorithm changes on the part of Facebook. The analysis shows a 7.8 million advantage in Facebook interactions for Democrat Senate candidates vs. Republican Senate candidates in a 30-day period ending October 15, and a 2 million advantage in interactions for Democrats fighting House races over the same period.
Only in gubernatorial races do Republicans hold a slight advantage in Facebook interactions — of just 100,000.
Democrats also hold a significant advantage on Instagram, with Democratic candidates seeing 5.4 million interactions on their Instagram pages over the thirty-day period, compared to just 213,000 for Republicans.
The New York Times acknowledges that the Facebook interactions gap is very different to the 2016 election, in which Donald Trump significantly outpaced Hillary Clinton on the platform:
But social media engagement can be a crude measure of popularity, and a bellwether of shifts in public opinion that often turn up in polls days or weeks later. In 2016, many polls and pundits gave Mr. Trump little chance of winning, but his performance on Facebook was soaring, bolstered by millions of dollars in targeted advertising. His digital campaign director, Brad Parscale, later credited Facebook’s scale and influence with his victory.
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‘Interactions’ happen.. even fake ones, huh?
Fake popularity.
Democrats still can’t complete with Trump in popularity.
More millenials use Facebook than older adults, and many of them are RATS!
Facebook IS an election meddler
Exactly, they think they are being clever but I believe the DOJ is watching their every move.
Every Democrat is a violent totalitarian thug.
I can’t believe that our side hasn’t come up with an alternative platform. It doesn’t matter if not everyone uses it. The fact that it exists AS A BASTION OF FREE SPEECH, will be its permanent selling point.
I nuked my FB account as so many others have. Can’t want until they go the way of AOL.
They need to be regulated as a political action committee of the DNC and lose their protected status as a neutral conduit for others. IRS audits for fraud. SEC investigations for claiming bots as users and defrauding investors.
Everything that would happen if Zuckerberg was a republican and did the same thing on behalf of the GOP. That needs to happen.
When we have control of Congress and the White House and Supreme court, maybe we can do that!
Yep, we need a lot more just like that.
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Democrats good! Orange Man Bad.exe. Beep... boop....
“..‘Interactions’ happen.. even fake ones, huh?...”
Democrats create a lot of ‘interaction’ fraud to stir up their base. Kinda like stuffing ballot boxes. Get ready for that too.
Looks early stage, but InfinitySN exists. I just signed up.
No Fakebook!
but I believe the DOJ is watching their every move.
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Which DOJ?
The one we have is still run by Holder’s people.
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