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"Though only around 30% of Twitter users identify as "Liberal" or "Extremely liberal", those users are evidently responsible for around 60% of tweets." Conserv
by equalsione 4y ago
"Though only around 30% of Twitter users identify as "Liberal" or "Extremely liberal", those users are evidently responsible for around 60% of tweets."
Conservatives are less likely to self-report as conservative. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shy_Tory_factor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shy_Tory_factor
- ec109685 4y agoThey don’t ask “are you a conservative” but ask questions to tease that out. Whether they are making accurate classifications, not sure. And if you look at the graph below, it does seem to show Twitter users who post political opinions skew liberal.