Want More Socia Media Followers? Become a Political Extremist

from Brett Adkins, Forbes:
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On Facebook, it pays to be very liberal or very conservative. Moderation tanks. According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, moderate politicians attract far fewer Facebook followers than the most liberal and conservative members of the U.S. Congress.

Revealing both a cause and symptom of America’s deep political divide, Pew found that “ideology is a strong predictor of the number of people who follow [Congressional members] on Facebook.”

In the Senate, the most liberal and conservative members attract a median of 78,360 Facebook followers. Moderates get 32,626 followers. Similar dynamics occur in the House, where liberals and conservative have a median of 14,361 followers, compared to only 9,017 for moderates.


Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy has more Facebook followers than any other member of Congress: 1.3 million. Gowdy chaired the controversial Benghazi committee which investigated Hillary Clinton.

Prominent liberals like Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris have many more followers than moderates like Jon Tester or Joe Manchin. 
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