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Who tweets on politics in the US?

According to a survey of tweets (from June 10, 2018 to June, 9 2019) by the Pew Centre just 13% of tweets concerned US national politics, and 97% of those tweets were the made 10% of users. Analysing the demographics of those tweeting about US national politics, the report states: "Those aged 65 and older produce just 10% of all tweets from U.S. adults, but these older Twitter users contribute 33% of tweets related to national politics. More broadly, those 50 and older produce 29% of all tweets but contribute 73% of tweets mentioning national politics."