elections and facebook “friends”

Nov 9, 2011

I want to address a little know fact (::cough::) — if you live in a small town and run for a municipal office, you should hose most of your Facebook friends. Research (hey…play along) has shown, the more friends you have on Facebook, the less likely you are to be elected to public office. Probably. Before I explain the reasoning, visit the Crothersville Times for results.

The sum total of FB friends for the 4 elected officials: 1099
The sum total of FB friends for the 4 that didn’t make it: 1742

Disclaimer: These results are unofficial and were provided by an anonymous source who prefers to keep her identity a secret.