The presidential election is just days away, which means those political rants on Facebook have never been more popular. It's easy to tell where some of your more outspoken friends may fall on the political spectrum, but what about those who have kept tight-lipped through this election season?
MicroStrategy has developed the Wisdom App that parses statuses and digs through Facebook Likes to find out how many of your friends are conservative and how many are liberal. The app spits out an infographic giving you a personal analysis of the politics within your social network.
And after November 6th, you can use the Wisdom app to generate infographics based on other factors like music or movie tastes and even relationship statuses.
MicroStrategy also took a look at Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's Facebook friends and were able to predict which states would swing blue, red or be a toss up on Election Day, AllFacebook reports. Within the demographics for each candiate, the app found Romney's Facebook fans have a higher percentage of men, those who are marries and those over 45. Obama's friends were more urban and under 29.
Check out more in the infographic below and watch the video above to see how the app works.
Would you want to know if your friends were Democrat or Republican? Share in the comments below.
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