Facebook election data shows third-party candidates are gaining steam
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton aren't the only presidential candidates inspiring "likes" or "angry faces" on your Facebook feed.
With less than three months until the general election, the conversation around third-party candidates has dramatically risen on Facebook.
Facebook and Mashable looked at the level of conversation about Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein since May and found that in the last month related posts have reached unprecedented heights.
Between July 10 and Aug. 9, 4.3 million U.S. Facebook users who are 18 or older have garnered 27.6 million interactions — likes, comments, posts and shares — related to Johnson. About 2.8 million people generated 16.1 million interactions related to Stein. Read more...
More about Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, Election 2016, Facebook, and PoliticsCredit to Mashable.
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