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#2016: Hillary, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul Lead Way on Social Media
Newsmax ^ | 19 Feb 2015 11:33 AM | Joel Himelfarb

Posted on 02/20/2015 7:32:59 AM PST by SoConPubbie

If name mentions on social media show how well their messages are connecting with voters, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would be facing off in next year's presidential election, according to The Wall Street Journal.

On Facebook, Clinton is number one, while Cruz is ahead on Twitter.

Clinton and Cruz have dramatically different approaches to social media. The Texas Republican, who has more than 404,000 followers, tweets roughly 31 times a week, while Clinton, with 2.83 million followers, tweets about one time a week.

On Facebook, Cruz has more than two million likes on all of his pages combined, while Clinton "does not maintain a Facebook presence," the Journal reported.

The data from Facebook and Twitter only covers mentions of a politician's name and does not indicate whether the messages are positive or negative. But the most shared tweets tend to be news articles about the person or ones that share a prospective candidate's message.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; tedcruz
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1 posted on 02/20/2015 7:32:59 AM PST by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; RitaOK; MountainDad; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!


CRUZ or LOSE!


2 posted on 02/20/2015 7:33:30 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

I’m guessing Ted Cruz’s followers are actually real people like myself.


3 posted on 02/20/2015 7:36:00 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: SoConPubbie

A lot of social media presence is suspect.
Baraq Obama is #3 on Tweater, along with 9 “celebrities”.
You know that was engineered by the fabled WH computer ops squad.


4 posted on 02/20/2015 7:36:09 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: nascarnation

The democrats all have staffers handling social media accounts and it seems to be a full time job.

Progressives expend a lot of energy attempting to appear more numerous than they really are.


5 posted on 02/20/2015 7:39:12 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek
attempting to appear more numerous than they really are.

And on election day, they're REALLY good at this!

6 posted on 02/20/2015 7:41:07 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: SoConPubbie

So, this election will be the ‘American Idol’ election?....................


7 posted on 02/20/2015 7:43:33 AM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: nascarnation
A lot of social media presence is suspect.
Baraq Obama is #3 on Tweater, along with 9 “celebrities”.
You know that was engineered by the fabled WH computer ops squad.


Yea, that sounds like Ted Cruz's speed.

Really?

What about Ted Cruz would lead you to believe he would stoop to such crap?
8 posted on 02/20/2015 7:43:46 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Red Badger
So, this election will be the ‘American Idol’ election?....................

Not if Ted Cruz wins.

However, it is intelligent politics to use all the tools you have available to you and to meet the voters where they are.
9 posted on 02/20/2015 7:45:07 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

- Thugs and Nuts 2016 - Sharpton/Paul 2016
10 posted on 02/20/2015 7:45:46 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: cripplecreek

I am a HUGE Ted Cruz supporter, but hope to never-ever get a Twitter account. I will have to be threatened with termination from my current employer before I would consider becoming a “tweeter”.


11 posted on 02/20/2015 7:49:44 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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I don’t think Ted is far enough up the list to accuse of cheating.

Baraq Obama has 45m FB “likes”, Cruz 1.1m.


12 posted on 02/20/2015 7:49:48 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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However, it is intelligent politics to use all the tools you have available to you and to meet the voters where they are.

Yup. Retreating from the culture war and social media is a surefire route to defeat. Conservatives have considerable strength on twitter. Plus we have fun doing it.

Just the other day Nick Searcy tweeted "Now that "Justified" has ended, I'd like to say that Barrack Obama is the greatest president of all time. My agents are standing by" LOL
13 posted on 02/20/2015 7:51:17 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: lormand

Want to get texts from Ted Cruz? Text CONSTITUTION to 33733.


14 posted on 02/20/2015 7:52:50 AM PST by txhurl
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You don’t have to use your own name on twitter.

Twitter is considerably less intrusive and more anonymous than FB.


15 posted on 02/20/2015 7:53:15 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: txhurl

Thanks for the tip. Is there a surcharge for receiving these texts?


16 posted on 02/20/2015 8:05:53 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: nascarnation
So, this election will be the ‘American Idol’ election?....................

So how many does Walker have?
17 posted on 02/20/2015 8:28:50 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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“The Texas Republican, who has more than 404,000 followers, tweets roughly 31 times a week, .... “

If decided on tweet volume, he should be in the running.


18 posted on 02/20/2015 8:29:49 AM PST by truth_seeker
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To: SoConPubbie

“The Texas Republican, who has more than 404,000 followers, tweets roughly 31 times a week, .... “

If decided on tweet volume, he should be in the running.


19 posted on 02/20/2015 8:31:47 AM PST by truth_seeker
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To: cripplecreek

Does twitter work on a computer like email?


20 posted on 02/20/2015 8:32:15 AM PST by Beagle8U (NOTICE : Unattended children will be given Coffee and a Free Puppy.)
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