Outside U.S., Floyd’s killing and protests sparked discussion on legislators’ Twitter accounts
Many legislators in four English-speaking countries directly addressed George Floyd’s killing and the subsequent protests on Twitter.
Educational profile characteristics were based on the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplements conducted by the United States Census Bureau. The data was accessed through IPUMS CPS.[2. numoffset=”2″ Available at IPUMS CPS, University of Minnesota, https://cps.ipums.org/cps/.] Voters were defined as respondents that answered “yes” to the following question: “In any […]
This report was written by Jens Manuel Krogstad, Senior Writer and Editor, and Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Global Migration and Demography Research. Editorial guidance was provided by Neil G. Ruiz, Associate Director of Global Migration and Demography Research; and Rakesh Kochhar, Senior Researcher. The report was number-checked by Luis Noe-Bustamante, Research Analyst. Travis Mitchell, […]