Twitter Liberals?

Posted on | November 20, 2009 | 3 Comments

This month’s Prospect Magazine (still the most intelligent of the monthlies by a long way) offers the results of an interesting poll conducted on its behalf by YouGov in which, it seems, Twitter users across the UK do pretty well (a personal take, of course) on a relative continuum that goes from Authoritarian to Liberal – the more liberal-minded are to the left (makes sense) and the more authoritarian are to the right. Recent interventions by Twitterers in the Trafigura, Jan Moir/Stephen Gately, AA Gill baboon-shooting controversies have revealed our liberal inclinations.

The poll also shows that Twitter image as a ‘tool for a youthful metropolitan elite’ is accurate, apparently, with 46% of users of the service being under 35 compared to 29% across the whole population.

I’m not concerned with the elitist bit, but can you be youthful and metropolitan at 52? Just asking….

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3 Responses to “Twitter Liberals?”

Armin
November 20th, 2009 @ 3:26 pm

Age is always a question of attitude. So the answer to your question is: Yes.
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