Pew Research: Mobile Politics 2010

In a post-election nationwide survey of adults, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that 82 percent of adults have cell phones. Of those cell owners, 71 percent use their phone for texting and 39 percent use the phone for accessing the internet. With that as context, the Pew Internet Project survey found that:

>14% of all American adults used their cell phones to tell others that they had voted.
>12% of adults used their cell phones to keep up with news about the election or politics.
>10% of adults sent text messages relating to the election to friends, family members and others.
>6% of adults used their cells to let others know about conditions at their local voting stations on election day, including insights about delays, long lines, low turnout, or other issues.
>4% of adults used their phones to monitor results of the election as they occurred.
>3% of adults used their cells to shoot and share photos or videos related to the election.
>1% of adults used a cell-phone app that provided updates from a candidate or group about election news.
>1% of adults contributed money by text message to a candidate or group connected to the election like a party or interest group.
>If a respondent said she or he had done any of those activities in the last campaign season, we counted that person in this 26% cohort. Throughout this report we call this group "mobile political users" or the "mobile political population."

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