Zombie Will Think for Food

Because I’m doing a whole buncha things lately that are preventing me from being a Well Behaved Blogger, Megan has once again herorically taken the reigns. Thusly, I present to you the following guest post:

The Politics of Facebook, Facebook Politics, or
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Me Some Delicious Chocolate Spread

While I am not bold enough to say facebook presents an representative sample of the current political climate in America, it nonetheless presents us with an interesting slice of the American demographic.

That said, everyone is aware that Barack Obama is second most popular person to exist within the facebook world (after Stephen Colbert, naturally.) If facebook were any indication of how the election will turn out in November, Obama would cripple (intentional) John McCain in the election. With his 1,052,575 “fans” (or supporters), Obama utterly blows away McCain, with his mere 154,454 fans. For those of you who can’t perform basic math, that’s nearly 900,000 more fans on Obama’s part. Certainly McCain support base isn’t necessarily the “youth crowd” or “anyone who is technically savvy enough to be on facebook” (which, isn’t much at all since my mother has found her way onto the site.) This shouldn’t be entirely surprising considering he is publicly willing to admit to his computer illiteracy.

Our potential first ladies have a similar disparity concerning this internet popularity. Michelle Obama’s page has 47, 425 fans (for those who need help with the maths, that’s almost a third of the John McCain support base.) However, Cindy McCain pulls in a dismal 519 fans. She does, however, have a group of 51 who uphold her status as a MILF.

Should this disparity concern those in the McCain camp? Most would say no, citing the differences in the Obama and McCain support base, saying that something as frivolous as facebook groups can’t be taken seriously, etc, blah, blah. I would have fallen into this group as well until yesterday, when the wool was removed from my eyes. A fan page popped on my feed saying I had friends who had recently shown their support. No, it wasn’t for Obama, no it wasn’t for McCain. It was for Nutella.

Yes, Nutella. That same delicious Italian (yes, Italian!) chocolate wonder which we’ve all devoured on any trip to Europe (despite our being able to purchase it in the states.) Nutella has over 300,000 fans. Yes twice, twice as many as John McCain. So, what does this all mean? Well, the entire world loves chocolate. The world is less inclined to love aging, white Republicans. That said, maybe the Republican party should have gone with a candidate that more people could stand behind. Nutella in 2008?