Facebook By The Numbers: The 2012 Presidential Race

President Barack Obama had three times as many Facebook friends as his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, on Election Day, and increased his share of Facebook friends 15 times over from 2008, according to a new list of data that examine the 2012 presidential race by the numbers.

President Barack Obama had three times as many Facebook friends as his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, on Election Day, and increased his share of Facebook friends 15 times over from 2008, according to a new list of data that examine the 2012 presidential race by the numbers.

We just have to trust the campaigns and public Facebook data that TechPresident compiled, since some of the figures can only be verified by staffers.

Republicans are still sorting through what happened with their strategy of focusing on Facebook engagement.

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