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October 13, 2020

Differences in How Democrats and Republicans Behave on Twitter

Many popular Twitter accounts more likely to be followed by U.S. adult Twitter users of one party

Many popular Twitter accounts more likely to be followed by U.S. adult Twitter users of one party

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Many popular Twitter accounts more likely to be followed by U.S. adult Twitter users of one party

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Differences in How Democrats and Republicans Behave on Twitter
Small share of highly active Twitter users, majority of whom are Democrats, produce bulk of tweets from U.S. adults
Democrats on Twitter more likely to identify as liberal than Democrats who are not Twitter users
For Democrats and Republicans alike, tweeting behavior dominated by a small group of highly active U.S. adults on Twitter
Many popular Twitter accounts more likely to be followed by U.S. adult Twitter users of one party
Partisan differences in following each presidential ticket
Donald Trump, Joe Biden among most-mentioned accounts by U.S. adult Twitter users of each party
Most common hashtags used by U.S. adult Twitter users