Table 1.
Descriptive Information Regarding the Number and Percent of Posts by Category, Both Overall and with Posts Divided between Democrats and Republicans
| Total, n=43,427 (100%) | Democrat-generated, n=21,720(100%) | Republican-generated, n=21,126 (100%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Party of poster | |||
| Democrats | 21,720 (49.9) | - | - |
| Republicans | 21,126 (48.5) | - | - |
| Other (“independent”, “non-designated”, and “other”) | 712 (1.6) | - | - |
| Yeara | |||
| 2014 | 1990 (4.6) | 706 (3.3) | 1274 (6.0) |
| 2015 | 3606 (8.3) | 1667 (7.7) | 1901 (9.0) |
| 2016 | 7435 (17.1) | 3394 (15.6) | 3850 (18.2) |
| 2017 | 10,969 (25.2) | 5216 (24.0) | 5455 (25.8) |
| 2018 | 12,121 (27.8) | 6219 (28.6) | 5763 (27.3) |
| 2019 | 7437 (17.1) | 4518 (20.8) | 2883 (13.6) |
| Social media platforma | |||
| Tweet | 28,564 (65.6) | 15,420 (71.0) | 12,601 (59.6) |
| Facebook Post | 14,283 (32.8) | 6119 (28.2) | 7995 (37.8) |
| YouTube Video | 629 (1.4) | 128 (0.6) | 501 (2.4) |
| Instagram Post | 81 (0.2) | 52 (0.2) | 29 (0.1) |
| Medium Post | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Legislative divisiona | |||
| Upper house (senate) | 18,783 (43.1) | 8588 (39.5) | 9605 (45.5) |
| Lower house (house of representatives or general assembly) | 24,775 (56.9) | 13,132 (60.5) | 11,521 (54.5) |
aDistributions significantly different between Democrats and Republicans according to chi-squared testing with P<.001