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Why is Ted Cruz slaying Rand Paul on Facebook?
Red Alert Politics ^
| April 8, 2015
| Maria Santos
Posted on 04/08/2015 3:57:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rand Paul is already marketing himself as the millennial-friendly choice for 2016. But one thing is not boding well for him: his Facebook mentions after he announced his candidacy pale in comparison to Ted Cruz.
National Journal has a great graph of the numbers provided by Facebook–Cruz’s campaign got almost three times as much play on Facebook as Paul’s. They measured this by likes, posts, comments, and shares related to the two would-be presidents within 24 hours of their respective announcements.
Cruz’s March 23 announcement had 5.7 million total interactions, versus Paul’s 1.9 million on Tuesday.
One possible reason for the disparity: Cruz may be more hated by liberals, and thus generated more frantic posts from the left. Cruz also announced first, meaning he officially kicked off 2016. National Journal also notes that Paul announced on a heavier news day than Cruz.
Interestingly, DC had the highest engagement on Cruz, while Kentucky had the highest for Paul, suggesting that the political class in more invested in Cruz than in Paul.
The top issue discussed around Cruz was foreign policy, while for Paul it was LGBT issues.
There is, however, one Facebook metric where Paul is beating Cruz: he has 1.9 million likes on his page, to Cruz’s 1.2 million. And, according to Paul’s campaign, his campaign website views were over a million within the first 24 hours of its launch. The largest demographic? 24-35 year olds.
Probably because of all that sweet swag.
TOPICS: Texas; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; election2016; facebook; internet; paultardation; paultardnoisemachine; randpaul; randpaulnoisemachine; randsconcerntrolls; socialmedia; tedcruz; texas
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To: SaraJohnson
Hey Rand, pandering to the LCD will cost you votes, so please keep it up.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:34:19 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
Its so refreshing to hear form an authentic adult these days!
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:34:27 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Cruz is apparently the only one left. I pray for his safety, as he is bucking the entire corrupt system.
GO CRUZ!!
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:36:21 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
Hes taking the stand...that most lack the guts to take!
I sense that he’s too largely public for anyone to dare “mess with”!
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:38:16 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Hey Rand, pandering to the LCD will cost you votes, so please keep it up.
Yep. : )
To: MeshugeMikey
“Its so refreshing to hear form an authentic adult these days!”
Yeah, I didn’t know there were any left..
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:34:13 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: SaraJohnson
Cruz will CREMATE any and all in a debate.
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:35:37 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
Ive run into a lot of authentic adults on Free Republic but the lack of same in Washington D.C. sure could lead one to believe that we were in danger of becoming extinct!!
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:36:17 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
“Ive run into a lot of authentic adults on Free Republic “
Best spot on earth for people who use their brains.
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:42:25 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
Indeed.
there IS a light at the end of this particular tunnel....
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:55:46 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Great picture to keep. MM
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:57:02 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
I just slapped the Ted Cruz Logo on the image of the light at the end of the Tunnel. after making it “monotone” so as to make the logo easier to see.
Thank you.
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:59:11 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Viennacon
including a felony of stating he was Hispanic......What....Everyone says they are Irish on St. Pat’s day. Are they felons? Show me the Law. Is it Fed, county or local law?
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posted on
04/10/2015 8:59:41 AM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
my version of equal "time";
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posted on
04/10/2015 9:20:51 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
04/10/2015 9:31:09 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
this campaign season has the most magnificent potential for "entertainment!
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posted on
04/10/2015 9:33:31 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
And you are adding to it : )
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posted on
04/10/2015 9:34:33 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
The potential of an memorable anti hillary campaign is tremendous!
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posted on
04/10/2015 9:37:16 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Looking forward to watching and cheering him on.
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