On Election Day, Facebook Is Buzzing About Romney, Obama, Voting

Facebook is maximizing its Election 2012 resources on Election Day Tuesday, and users can get a sense of what voters are talking about on the U.S. Politics on Facebook page. Not surprisingly, the first release of Election Day data from the Facebook Talk Meter finds that the word "election" is dominating news feeds, followed closely by "Obama," then "Romney," with men scoring higher than women on the 10-point scale.

Facebook is maximizing its Election 2012 resources on Election Day Tuesday, and users can get a sense of what voters are talking about on the U.S. Politics on Facebook page. Not surprisingly, the first release of Election Day data from the Facebook Talk Meter finds that the word “election” is dominating news feeds, followed closely by “Obama,” then “Romney,” with men scoring higher than women on the 10-point scale.

Here’s the breakdown of Facebook’s Talk Meter data, which measure the amount of discussion around a word or phrase on a 1-10 scale:

ELECTION: 7.87

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