Remember all that blabber about Barack Obama getting so much Facebook support? Recall Patrick Ruffini’s recent discussions about who Obama’s voters are? He said this:
See, Barack Obama has mobilized people, even if he hasn’t mobilized the netroots. He’s brought in students, African Americans, and apparently, young females. These are groups that are relatively apolitical. That’s why when you loosen the likely voter screen just a little, Obama does a lot better.
In that context, I thought this from Mashable was interesting:
Danah Boyd, a social scientist engaged in ethnographic research, has published a piece on her findings regarding the socioeconomic effects we’ve seen play out on MySpace and Facebook. According to Boyd, those with more education tend to be on Facebook while those in the margins of nearly every aspect of our culture can be found on MySpace.
So, I went over to TechPresident and checked how Obama was comparing to others:
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mikeconnery · June 26, 2007 at 4:10 PM
Actually, that tracks well with youth polling – Hillary does well among non-college youth and Obama does better among college-educated youth.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgnews/PressReleases/041707_iop_poll.html
Patrick Ruffini :: links for 2007-06-26 · June 26, 2007 at 8:28 AM
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