If Facebook Likes Were Votes, This Is How the 2016 Presidential Race Would Play Out

Sanders beats Clinton, 3-1

FiveThirtyEight has partnered with Facebook to gauge the popularity of the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates—in terms of likes. The project, called The Facebook Primary, compares the number of page likes each candidate has across the U.S., all the way down to the county level.

The map below provides two separate data points: which candidates have the greatest percentage of likes in each state, and which contenders have the most disproportionate share of likes relative to their nationwide share.

Some of the early findings include Bernie Sanders beating Hillary Clinton in Facebook likes by a margin of nearly 3 to 1.

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