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Only 22% of the U.S. adult population is on Twitter, and 31% of those people tweet about politics. (So, 6.82% of American adults.)

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Pew Research Center

@pewresearch

Dec 5, 2019

A small group of prolific users account for a majority of political tweets sent by U.S. adults pewrsr.ch/32JIFjW

3:38 AM · Dec 5, 2019

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#TwitterIsNotRealLife, Part Infinity:

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(((Harry Enten)))

@ForecasterEnten

Dec 5, 2019

Here's a stat... Among potential Dem primary voters, moderates and liberals are about equal... Among potential Dem primary voters who are Twitter users & use political hashtags, liberals outnumber moderates by a 2:1 margin...

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And 90% of those tweets are sent by 0.6%

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I actually find those numbers comforting..there's not as many evil and unhinged people as I thought

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Guilty

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So I am part of a minority? Who’d have thunk it.

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And still people act like Twitter is important and has its finger on the pulse of what the country is thinking.

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I wonder how many of those are on the far left and far right. As it has been said - Twitter is not the electorate.

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True. Just like the stock market is not the yardstick of the economy. But honestly, how much of my online/social is on Twitter is probably unhealthy.

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That’s a lot