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"Facebook users in the United States mentioned Election Day-related topics 71.7 million times earlier this week, propelling the event past the Super Bowl and World Series for most-talked-about-topic in the country this year.\n\"We tracked 71.7 million election-related mentions made by users within the U.S. \u2014 enough to score a 9.27 on the Facebook Talk Meter, the highest score of U.S.-based events that we have measured for 2012,\" said Facebook in a blog post. \"To put that in perspective, the 2012 Super Bowl scored a 8.62 on the Talk Meter, while the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series tracked at a 6.1.\"\nThe U.S. election is a hugely popular topic around the world, too \u2014 something Facebook's data reflects. Election Day rated at 8.28 on Facebook's Talk Meter, with 88.7 million election-related mentions on Nov. 6.\n\nSEE ALSO: Obama\u2019s Celebration Moment Is Most-Liked Facebook Photo Ever\nDigging into the data, Facebook found that men were slightly more likely than women to share a political opinion, although the gender imbalance evened out on Election Day itself. The 35-55 and 55+ age groups were most likely to discuss the four debates, but Election Day buzz was highest with the 25-34 year-old crowd.\nWashington, D.C. was typically the most likely geographic area to be talking politics throughout the campaign, though New Hampshire beat it on Nov. 5, \"perhaps a nod to the fact that the election's first votes were cast in the tiny town of Dixville Notch, N.H.,\" notes Facebook.\nThrough the entire campaign, \"Big Bird\" was the most popular election-related phrase, with \"Binders Full of Women\" at the number two spot. Once the election was called for Barack Obama, these were the top ten phrases on Facebook:\n\nObama\n4 more years / 4 years\nPresident / President Obama\nThank God\nWon / Wins\nAmerica\nCountry / My Country / This Country\nYes\nOhio\nFlorida\n\nFacebook's Talk Meter is a 1-10 scale, and only events tracked by Facebook's data team are registered.\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, Hoaru\nMore Coverage of Election 2012\n\nBarack Obama Tweets Victory in 2012 Presidential Election\nYes, We GIFed: Obama\u2019s Animated Election Victory Celebration\nDonald Trump Freaks Out on Twitter After Obama Wins Election\nA Look Inside the Obama and Romney Headquarters on Election Night [PICS]\n15 Funny \u2018Moving to Canada\u2019 Tweets for Election Night\nObama\u2019s Victory Tweet Is His Most Retweeted Ever\nKarl Rove Refuses to Accept Obama\u2019s Election Win [VIDEO]\nWatch Mitt Romney Deliver His Concession Speech [VIDEO]\n\n\n\n\nMashable explores the trends changing politics in 2012 and beyond in Politics Transformed: The High Tech Battle for Your Vote, an in-depth look at how digital media is reshaping democracy. Read a few of the top posts from the series:\n\nElection 2040: The First President for Digital Natives\nVoter Data: What the Candidates Know About You\nHow to Market the Next President\nGaffesplosion: The Unrelenting Hype of Modern Politics\nHow Social Media Can Safeguard Your Vote\n\nTake it with you, buy  Politics Transformed: The High Tech Battle for Your Vote on e-book and get access to four exclusive interviews!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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