> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://ivn.us/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# US Politics vs. Gadgets: What Your Smart Phone Says About Your Vote
- URL: https://ivn.us/us-politics-vs-gadget-what-your-smart-phone-says-about-your-vote-2/
- Published: 2012-09-25T23:26:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:32:10.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

Are iPhone users more likely to vote for Barack Obama? Are Democrats or Republican more likely to splurge on gadgets? With information provided by [Protect Your Bubble](http://us.protectyourbubble.com/?ref=ivn.us), the [infographic](http://visual.ly/why-areyoubetteroff-gop-hashtag-failed-us-politics-vs-gadgets?ref=ivn.us) below shows what mobile devices can reveal about political tendencies.

Some key findings:

- 40% of Obama suporters get their news from Twitter and Facebook, compared to 33% of Romney supporters who use social media to gather news
- 46% of people who post their political preferences on social media support Barack Obama, suggesting that Obama supporters are more active on social media
- Smart phone users are more likely to vote for President Obama, with 51% of smart phone users supporting Obama
- Men are more likely to own a smart phone, and lose it, with 68% of men losing their smart phones

While it is recognized that Obama succeeds in courting the youth vote, this infographic shows a large gap between youth voters and Mitt Romney. What's more surprising is that amongst the accusations of the Republican-waged "War on Women," the majority of likely Romney voters are women, with 53% of his supporters female versus 49% of Obama voters who are women.

![Why #areyoubetteroff GOP Hashtag #failed: US Politics Vs. Gadgets](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/why-areyoubetteroff-gop-hashtag-failed-us-politics-vs-gadgets_505100f16d3f5_w587.jpg)

**As an independent voter, where do you fit in on this infographic?**