… As tens of millions of Americans get set to tune into the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night, data from Facebook mapped by The Wall Street Journal find remarkable splits on which films are generating conversation across the country — and people’s tastes, in many ways, follow the familiar cultural and political divides of Red/Blue America. …
In all, there were 706 counties where “American Sniper” talk made up 95% or more of the Facebook discussion about the Best Picture nominees. Of those counties, 95% voted for Mr. Romney over President Obama in 2012. CONT.
Dante Chinni (American U.), Wall Street Journal
See also: The Oscar Nominees, Mapped