According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, moderate politicians attract far fewer Facebook followers than the most liberal and conservative members of the U.S. Congress. Similar dynamics occur in the House, where liberals and conservative have a median of 14,361 followers, compared to only 9,017 for moderates. Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy has more Facebook followers than any other member of Congress: 1.3 million. In general, Democratic lawmakers have more Facebook followers than Republicans. Democratic House members have a median of 14,676 Facebook followers, while Republicans have only 10,597.

Source: Forbes August 28, 2017 18:00 UTC