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Facebook By The Numbers: The 2012 Presidential Race
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Here’s a look at how the 2012 presidential election shaped up on Facebook:

Number of Obama Facebook friends on Election Day 2012: 32,313,965.
Number as of Nov. 26: 33,752,862.
Net gain since Election Day: 1,438,897.
Number of Obama Facebook friends on Election Day 2008: 2,397,253.
Number of Romney Facebook friends on Election Day 2012: 12,135,972.
Number as of Nov. 26: 11,906,351.
Net decrease: 229,621.
Number of Facebook users who downloaded Obama’s Facebook application: 1 million.
Number who shared items with friends suggested by that app: 600,000.
Number of Facebook users who downloaded Romney’s Facebook app: 30,000.
Amount raised online by Obama 2012: $690 million, of which $504 million originated digitally.
Amount raised online by Obama 2008: $500 million, of which $403 million originated digitally.

The complete list assembled by Micah Sifry has a more complete roundup of numbers from sources such as Google Plus and Twitter.