Thousands of the AJC's Facebook readers weren't shy with their feelings about the victories of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Georgia's primaries on Super Tuesday.
But the differences in the social media reactions they drew went beyond politics — highlighting not just the attention Trump's campaign has attracted, but also some of the contrasting emotions he and Clinton elicit.
As of this writing, the announcement of Trump's victory on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's main Facebook page had more than 10 times the shares of the post announcing Clinton's victory.
What's more, 5,500 Facebook users "reacted" to the Facebook post about Trump's win, within an hour of its posting.
As of this writing, about 3,000 users had reacted to his win with the classic "like" option, and approximately another 2,000 had reacted with the new "angry" button. About 700 users had reacted with "sadness."
Compare that to the 1,700 users who'd reacted to Clinton's win, as of this writing: Their top two reactions were "like" and "anger" — just like Trump — but the third was "love."
As of this writing, about 1,600 users had "liked" her triumph and approximately 145 users had expressed "anger." About 130 users felt the "love."
The trends weren't quite the same on the AJC's local Facebook pages. Users on Gwinnett County News Now, DeKalb News Now and North Fulton County News Now reacted more strongly to posts about Clinton's victory.
But Cobb County News Now users joined the main AJC Facebook page users in paying more attention to Trump's victory.
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