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Ted Cruz steals the social media spotlight
Reuters ^ | October 29, 2015 | Angela Moon

Posted on 10/29/2015 8:06:13 AM PDT by Isara

Ted Cruz stole the spotlight on social media as he unleashed a tirade on CNBC debate moderators and media in general for creating tension among the candidates and not addressing "substantive issues".

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The Texas senator scored the highest activity level - total number of views, shares, likes, and mentions a candidate receives on social media networks - for the night, according to Zoomph, an analytics platform that tracks real-time data on social media.

He had 27,500 engagements on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Google+ by the end of the debate, while Rubio followed with 21,000 engagements. Bush was third on social media engagement with what Zoomph calls an activity level at 15,000, while Carson and Trump scored 14,600 and 12,500, respectively.

On Twitter, however, Carson had the highest number of new followers with more than 7,000 new accounts following him by the end of the debate, according to an analysis by CNBC. Rubio was second with about 4,000 new followers, while Trump had 3,600 new followers and Cruz had 3,300 new followers.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnbc; cruz; debate; debates; elections; liberalbias; mediabias; socialmedia; tcruz; tedcruz
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To: Isara

-— The Texas senator scored the highest activity level - total number of views, shares, likes, and mentions a candidate receives on social media networks - for the night -—

Forget the online polls. This is a real measure of debate performance.


21 posted on 10/29/2015 8:36:48 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: grimalkin

-— Kasich looked like a tasered squirrel. -—

LOL! Perfect 8-)


22 posted on 10/29/2015 8:38:34 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Isara

Not singling you out because everyone does it: conflating “activity (as defined as “total number of views, shares, likes”) with positive outcomes. Save for “likes”, the rest could as easily be motivated by “Get a load of this idiot!” as “I just found the guy I’m going to vote for”. Am I wrong?

If not, it sounds like Jeb did well on social media, with third-ranked “activity”.


23 posted on 10/29/2015 8:43:01 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: grimalkin; All

Tazed squirrel...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0edHtA_2yw


24 posted on 10/29/2015 8:43:49 AM PDT by Beagle8U (jeb! continues to not only step in it, but lie down and roll in it! - freedumb2003)
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To: Isara

Cruz wins.


25 posted on 10/29/2015 8:44:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("The bipartisan project is to destroy conservatism" .. "Cruz is a thoroughbred conservative." - Rush)
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To: miss marmelstein

His performance last night was definitely forgettable.


26 posted on 10/29/2015 8:45:43 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: loveliberty2
Cruz's strongest attribute is his understanding of and devotion to the ideas essential to ordered liberty, as declared in America's Declaration of Independence and enshrined in the U. S. Constitution's strict limits on government power!

The next president will be pick SC justices. Of our candidates only Cruz is best to handle that correctly.

27 posted on 10/29/2015 9:34:35 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: 1Old Pro
DEBATE WINNER(s): Cruz, Trump, Carson, Rubio, Christie

Christie came out in full support of AGW.

Rubio missed all those votes.

Trump unfortunately clarified that he wants foreign students to stay after they graduate.

28 posted on 10/29/2015 9:37:43 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

“The next president will be pick SC justices. Of our candidates only Cruz is best to handle that correctly”.

I agree. Cruz is the only one I trust to restore the Office of the Presidency to its legitimate role with regards to the Legislative and Judical branches of Government. I don’t see any of the others rolling back the Obama overreaches in their entirety, rather they would probably use Obama’s actions as precedent to maintain or expand power.


29 posted on 10/29/2015 9:44:01 AM PDT by Typelouder
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To: miss marmelstein

Ted Cruz confers with his most important supporters during a break in the debate.

30 posted on 10/29/2015 11:52:53 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("The bipartisan project is to destroy conservatism" .. "Cruz is a thoroughbred conservative." - Rush)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Those are cute kids.


31 posted on 10/29/2015 12:06:15 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Isara
William Wallace to Robert Bruce- "Braveheart"


Lead! Lead them and they will follow.

32 posted on 10/29/2015 7:57:24 PM PDT by Baynative (Liberty lost is a high price to pay for the experiment of socialism.)
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