Key facts about Truth Social
With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.
64% of members of Congress mentioned Black History Month on Facebook or Twitter in February 2021, up from just 29% in 2015.
Republican lawmakers have produced three-quarters of recent congressional social media posts that mention places and people in Asia.
Social media activity by members of Congress changed in notable ways following the rioting at the Capitol by supporters of President Trump.
Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.
One-quarter of United States lawmakers mentioned the term on Facebook or Twitter during the 116th Congress.
236 members (45%) of the 116th Congress have mentioned “Black lives matter” on Facebook or Twitter dating back as far as Jan. 1, 2015.
Well before the 2020 election, many U.S. social media users are already exhausted by how many political posts they see on these platforms.
Republican and Republican-leaning adult Twitter users are more likely than Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents to follow Trump.
About seven-in-ten women in Congress mentioned sexual misconduct in their official Facebook posts between Oct. 1 and Dec. 30, 2017, compared with 37% of men in Congress.
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