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Descriptive analysis of LGBTQ (n=5545) and non-LGBTQ (n=445,919) tweets in the United States, 2013-2017.
| Variable | LGBTQa users | Non-LGBTQ users | Test statistic | P value | |
| Northeast, n (%) | 1053 (18.99) | 75,761 (16.99) | 3.78 | <.001 | |
| South, n (%) | 1786 (32.21) | 167,635 (37.59) | –8.52 | <.001 | |
| Midwest, n (%) | 1166 (21.03) | 98,354 (22.06) | –1.87 | .06 | |
| West, n (%) | 1540 (27.77) | 104,169 (23.36) | 7.29 | <.001 | |
| Democratic advantage, mean | 3.92 | 2.60 | 9.44 | <.001 | |
aLGBTQ: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer.
