Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Democratic National Convention Social Media Buzz [INFOGRAPHIC]
BuzzMgr created these infographics to illustrate the social media buzz generated from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Read MoreImportance Partisans Place On Social Media's Role in Politics [CHART]
Democrats who use social networking sites are more likely than Republicans or independents to say the sites are important for politics.
Read More2012 Presidential Politics & Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
This infographic by AdAge takes a look at the online activity for 2012 presidential election campaign.
Read MoreLikely Voters' TV Viewing Habits [CHART]
70% of likely voters claimed in June to have watched live TV in the previous week.
Read MorePresidential Online Politics: Obama vs. Romney [CHART]
A new study of how the campaigns are using digital tools to talk directly with voters-bypassing the filter of traditional media-finds that the Obama campaign posted nearly four times as much content as the Romney campaign and was active on nearly twice as many platforms.
Read MoreAmericans' Attitudes Toward Dual Incomes By Various Demographics [CHART]
Two-thirds of Americans believe it is better for both members of a household to work in paying jobs.
Read MoreOnline Sources For Political Information, By Generation [CHART]
via emarketer.com Overall, news websites were the most commonly tapped resource for those looking for political information online; 47.7% of likely voters used them. But news sites were especially important among those ages 55 or older, with 53% of respondents from this group relying on them. Voters ages 18 to 34, no surprise, were significantly…
Read MorePrimary Source Of Political Information, By Gender [CHART]
via emarketer.com This change makes sense in the context of the results of an April 2012 online survey of US online adults conducted by Burst Media. The poll found that 27.7% of likely voters got their information about candidates and causes primarily on the internet, a 10% jump over 2008. In fact, the internet was…
Read MoreUS Political Ad Spending By Media, 2008 & 2012 [CHART]
via emarketer.com Research firm Borrell Associates in March estimated that US political ad spending on the internet would total $159.2 million this year, thanks to all of the attention being paid to the presidential race. While that figure represents only 1.5% of total political ad spending this year, it’s also a massive 617% increase from…
Read MoreWashington Post's Mention Machine Political Twitter App
@mentionmachine is a new Washington Post news app that monitors Twitter and media across the Web for political candidate mentions, revealing trends and spikes that show where the conversation is and why.
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