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Topic subjectTweets don't represent national opinion at all
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13358738, Tweets don't represent national opinion at all
Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Mon Dec-09-19 03:20 PM
If anything is getting huge traction on twitter, more than likely the majority of Americans think the opposite lol


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>https://www.people-press.org/2019/10/23/national-politics-on-twitter-small-share-of-u-s-adults-produce-majority-of-tweets/
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>"The most prolific political tweeters have behaviors and
>attitudes distinct from other U.S. adults on Twitter
>As a group, political tweeters differ in numerous ways from
>those who tweet about nonpolitical topics and from those who
>rarely tweet at all. It’s also the case that there are
>meaningful differences within the group of users who tweet
>about national politics. The most prolific political tweeters
>(defined as those who tweeted at least 10 times and mentioned
>national politics in at least 25% of those tweets) stand out
>even from other political tweeters (whose political tweets
>make up a smaller share of their total output). Prolific
>political tweeters make up just 6% of all Twitter users but
>generate 20% of all tweets and 73% of tweets mentioning
>national politics."'
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