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In the 2008 primary campaign, candidates used peer networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace to communicate their messages.
Democrats discuss policy more, and character less, than Republicans on both sites.
Functions
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Acclaims |
Attacks |
Defenses |
Democrats |
99% |
1% |
0% |
Republicans |
100% |
0% |
0% |
Topics
|
Policy |
Character |
Democrats |
37% |
63% |
Republicans |
13% |
87% |
Functions
|
Acclaims |
Attacks |
Defenses |
Democrats |
87% |
12% |
1% |
Republicans |
92% |
8% |
0% |
Topics
|
Policy |
Character |
Democrats |
56% |
44% |
Republicans |
36% |
64% |
Accessed 9/23/2007. Democrats: Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama, Richardson; Republicans: Brownback, Giuliani, Huckabee, Hunter, McCain, Paul, Romney, Tancredo, Thompson.
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