Shocking Poll Results People Are Sick of Talking About Politics Online
On social media, according to a new Pew Research poll, the vast majority of people talking politics follow only politicians who they support 66 of users, ignore posts from their friends that they disagree with 84, feel as if people say what they'd never dare to in person 84, believe that some also hold back out of fear 64all for the sake of very rarely changing their views on anything 20. What they're more or less split on, though, is whether or not these conversations are any less respectful and less informative than those that occur elsewhere. The survey offers a portrait of polarity in a presidential election as viral as it is virulentbe it because of insults slung on the candidates' own accounts or denials in debates of assertions made years ago that are still readily available to see, Donald Trump hiring an online-media provocation kingpin as his campaign CEO or Hillary Clinton's donation function tied to Trump's tweeting habits. Nearly twice as many people have been "worn out" by political discussions online 37 than feel good about them 20. The rest don't know what to think. Hope and change are not completely lost, though More than half of Facebook users see a range of beliefs on their feeds and forty percent do on Twitter. Four out of five people also believe social media has helped people get involved in what they believe in, and three out of four feel the platforms help bring new voices into the discussion. And while three of five people find it frustrating to talk with people they disagree with onlineand a slightly higher rate 64 find that when they do, they realize they have less in common than they'd thoughtmost Democrats and Republicans do, at last, agree on a few points that the discussions themselves are close-minded and frustrating. Maybe that's a starting point.