Twitter Follower Growth - November Final - Stack Ranked by Growth in Past 10 Days

[SamAdams76]

Every 10 days, I will seek to update the amount of followers being gained by presidential candidates. So three times a month this update will come out. Also, each new month, I will reset the Month To Date stats.

Looking at the trends over the past 10 days, Ted Cruz is a major mover, now in second place among the Republicans in followers gained. Carson has slipped from second to fourth place, which seems to mirror the recent polls showing that people are losing interest in him.

This is my first report (I've been doing these since July) in which Ben Carson was not either number 1 or number 2 in Twitter follower growth. Donald Trump has almost always been number one, being number 2 to Carson only once. In this update, Trump becomes the first presidential candidate to go over 5,000,000 total followers.

I have Diamond and Silk in there (Trump Cheerleaders) as sort of a "Mendoza Line." My theory is that if you are a presidential candidate and cheerleaders for another candidate are surpassing you in follower growth, it might be time to consider getting out of the race as it's clearly not going to happen for you this go around. Here are the candidates who could not even beat Diamond and Silk:

• Chris Christie
• Mike Huckabee
• John Kasich
• Rick Santorum
• Linda Graham
• Jim Gilmore

Mitt Romney is in there only because people continue to talk about him coming in as the "savior" should Jebbie Bush have to fold up his tent. At this stage in the game, I don't see how Romney can possibly stage a run so this might be the last time you see him in these rankings.

Sarah Palin - I like her so she stays in.

On the Democrat side, it's a snorefest. Shrillary is obviously looking to just run out the clock and put down a knee. A very cankled and thankled knee. Has anybody even seen her on the campaign trail? I think she has been sleeping all this time. Wouldn't it be funny if Bernie Sanders was to clean her clock in the primaries the same way that community organizer from Chicago did eight years ago.

So we head into December with Donald Trump still way out in front and only Ted Cruz making a serious move on him. Things should start getting interesting.

[SamAdams76]

Due to HTML tables looking crappy in the main posting area, I'm going to post them as a reply below. Remember they are stack ranked by growth over last 10 days but you can see the MTD trend as well. Overall, a lot less follower growth in the past 10 days as most people were focused on Thanksgiving holiday.

[SamAdams76]

Name	Twitter Handle	11/1/2015	11/30/2015	Gain November MTD	Gain Last 10 Days
Donald Trump	@realDonaldTrump	4,708,207	5,039,291	331,084	84,874
Ted Cruz	@tedcruz	561,105	613,466	52,361	12,137
Marco Rubio	@marcorubio	934,370	991,305	56,935	10,709
Ben Carson	@RealBenCarson	851,335	1,038,517	187,182	9,583
Tippy Toes	@JebBush	356,089	381,430	25,341	6,204
Rand Paul	@RandPaul	706,795	725,844	19,049	4,155
Carly Fiorina	@CarlyFiorina	608,185	629,452	21,267	3,854
George Pataki	@GovernorPataki	59,883	81,644	21,761	3,488
Diamond and Silk	@DiamondandSilk	9,421	13,243	3,822	1,344
Chris Christie	@ChrisChristie	61,331	69,003	7,672	1,336
Mike Huckabee	@GovMikeHuckabee	420,404	427,027	6,623	1,315
Sarah Palin	@SarahPalinUSA	1,186,305	1,191,766	5,461	865
John Kasich	@JohnKasich	141,986	145,647	3,661	703
Mitt Romney	@MittRomney	1,682,710	1,687,562	4,852	689
Rick Santorum	@RickSantorum	246,754	248,140	1,386	424
Linda Graham	@LindseyGrahamSC	29,553	31,168	1,615	267
Jim Gilmore	@gov_gilmore	2,034	2,325	291	73

Name	Twitter Handle	11/1/2015	11/30/2015	Gain November MTD	Gain Last 10 Days
Shrillary Clinton	@HillaryClinton	4,597,695	4,788,286	190,591	51,868
Bernie Sanders	@BernieSanders	796,211	933,315	137,104	34,256
Martin O'Malley	@MartinOMalley	99,035	110,358	11,323	1,048

[Osage Orange]

95% of the people I know..don’t Twitter

[SamAdams76]

You need to get with it then. Social media is why the Republicans got spanked in the last couple presidential elections. Obama's campaign team had a top-notch social media effort and it paid off twice - to the nation's detriment.

If you want to reach the young voters, you need a good social media strategy. Republicans seem to be getting it this year, especially Trump.

[MNMom]

Don’t assume a Twitter follow means support. Because of my job I have always followed many people I don’t agree with. Sometimes it is good to leave the echo chamber and listen to a few strange voices. It’s good to know the thinking of a wide variety of people.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I despised Twitter at first. I’ve really grown to love it for politics and breaking news.

[Uncle Miltie]

Twitter is what little old ladies and birds do.

[ripnbang]

Good policy.

[SamAdams76]

Good point but whatever the reason, generally one would only be following candidates that were doing well. I can see a lot of non-Trump supporters following him to see what outrageous thing he says next. But if you are an opponent of say Jebbie Bush or John Kasich - why bother. Those guys aren’t going anywhere.

[BigEdLB]

Percentages with candidates only:

The bloom is off the pyramids in the last 10 days.

[SamAdams76]

Thank you, that makes the data more useful!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Republican candidates mastering social media to attract younger voters is fine and sensible. That doesn’t mean I have to get a Twitter account. I prefer more old-fashioned approaches to decision making — thoughtful study of comprehensive articles, in-depth comparisons of candidates on the issues, good political analysis by people I respect.

A 140 character “tweet” fails across the board. Luckily my attention span is still long enough to read and digest long articles. Maybe one day soon I’ll need a drool cup and catheter, in which case I may join the legions of twits.

[bigbob]

Me too, spent years making fun of it until all my techie pals knew more stuff than I did. Twitter can be a great tool, not unlike watching new threads on FR to take the pulse of what’s going on.

That said, Trump gained 7 times the followers Cruz did. Most people follow because they don’t want to miss anything that a person has to say.

[mrsmith]

That’s their percentage share of the total followers gained by all?

Is it convenient for you to do the percentage change in each candidates followers?
(Or is that in there and I’m missing it?)

Thanks for what you’ve done!
This has turned out to be even more informative than I thought.

[BigEdLB]

Percentages just counting Republican Candidates

[Osage Orange]

Well...I get that.

But, I just don't many people that Twitter...

And I'm not going to do it....