10% of social network users engage in political activity of some kind

33% of internet users has a profile on a social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace, and 40% of these (representing 10% of all adults) have used these sites to engage in political activity of some kind, according to Pew Internet Project.

Discovered your friends’ political interests or affiliations 29%
Gotten any campaign or candidate information 22
Signed up as a friend of any candidates 10
Started or joined a political group 9