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title: "One-in-Five Registered Voters Talk About How They Voted on Social Media"
description: "Fully 22% of registered voters have told others how they voted on a social networking site, while 30% have been encouraged to vote for a candidate by family and friends and 20% have encouraged others to vote."
date: "2012-11-06"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Suh"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2012/11/06/one-in-five-registered-voters-talk-about-how-they-voted-on-social-media/"
---

# One-in-Five Registered Voters Talk About How They Voted on Social Media