Facebook took a look at every user who liked the Facebook Page of a candidate running for governor, U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Then Facebook looked at other page categories liked by these users, including music, and compared them according to party lines.The results are in the graph below. The size of artists’ names corresponds to total number of page likes.
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Haha, I don’t even know half the names on the right (wrong) side.
Also, where’s Ted Nugent? 🙂
It’s actually pretty disturbing — but can it really be true? That Republicans don’t like good music?
And no, it’s not a matter of taste.
No, that was a matter of opinion only.
Oops, missed Mr. Nugent. 🙂
Nope. NOBODY misses Nugent.
Wow!
Conclusion is sobering and scary. No comment.
Not a single black artist on the Republican side.
Using this graphic as your gauge is a mistake. Republicans – LL Cool J, Daddy Yankee, 50 Cent, and more.
(note: this is not mapping the political views of the musicians. It is mapping the political view of the fans, through the lens of Facebook “likes.”)
OK, so Facebook is flawed.
I cannot remember who said: “Country music is folk music for Republicans.” 🙂
No wonder the Dixie Chicks’ career imploded after one of them made a rude remark about George W. Bush. The alignment of country artists and Republicans is very solid; only Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson show much crossover to the Democrats in their fans.
The position of The Beatles on the far left (Democratic) side of the chart surprises me. I thought appreciation of the Fab Four was universal.
Dixie Chicks were hated because because, yeah they suck, but they were in another country talking about their own leader
The Dixie Chicks career didn’t implode, they only became more famous and like my logical people.
This says nothing at all about anything…
The only conclusion to draw from this graph and the information provided is that no conclusion can be made from this graph other then that more information needs to be provided…
Nothing personal Nina, you do a good job and have my support…
Justin Mayer
And why is Elvis in all caps?
Probably cause he’s the only one i know of to shoot the damn thing out, literally!!!!!!
😉
Justin Mayer
This is not accurate. Whoever made this up has obvious bias in their presentation.
well that makes sense because of this http://www.forbes.com/sites/pauljankowski/2014/10/29/country-music-is-a-powerful-opportunity-for-brands/
Just look at that map..
The list of political parties must be transfered to that of inmates in federal establishments so that I can make sense of all this!
HA-Ha!….Republicans like Nickelback
That figures lol
Ted Nugent is on the Republican side. Where’s Led Zeppelin?
The fact that John Lennon gets his own catagorty and well as “The Beatles” makes me happy.
Not so surprising. The red states are mainly in the south where country music is the dominant art form. Not so in the blue states (both coasts) where pop music predominates.