Plus, how the congressional social media landscape has changed
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July 18, 2020
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** How Congress uses Facebook and Twitter ([link removed])
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The congressional social media landscape has undergone vast changes in recent years. Compared with a similar time period in 2016, the typical member of Congress ([link removed]) now tweets nearly twice as often, has nearly three times as many followers and receives more than six times as many retweets on an average post. On Facebook, the typical member produces 48% more posts and has increased their total number of followers by half.
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President Donald Trump has made big changes to the federal judiciary ([link removed]) since taking office in 2017. He has now appointed almost a quarter of all active federal judges in the United States, including more appeals court judges than any other recent president. A quarter of Trump’s judicial appointees are women, and just 15% are of a race or ethnicity other than white.
** Activism on social media varies by race and ethnicity, age, political party ([link removed])
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About one-third of social media users say they have used these sites ([link removed]) in the past month to post a picture to show their support for a cause, look up information about rallies or protests happening in their area or encourage others to take action on issues they regard as important. But experiences and attitudes vary by race and ethnicity, age and party.
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