Comparing The GOP Presidential Contenders On Their Number Of Twitter Followers

by John Hawkins | June 27, 2011 4:48 am

Social media is more important than ever, blah, blah, blah. Measure of strength, blah, blah, blah. May disagree over how important this is, blah, blah, blah! Your mileage may vary, blah, blah, blah! Oh, and Ron Paul!

Now, without further ado, a ranking of GOP presidential contenders (and some select “maybe they’ll runs”) based on their Twitter Followers. (PS: If the candidate has more than one account, I used the bigger account.)

Newt Gingrich:[1] 1,325,512
Sarah Palin:[2] 577,653
Ron Paul:[3] 56,859
Michele Bachamann:[4] 55,662
Mitt Romney:[5] 54,981
Rick Perry[6] 46,368
Herman Cain:[7] 45,822
Chris Christie:[8] 44,215
Tim Pawlenty:[9] 42,423
Thaddeus McCotter:[10] 14,289
John Bolton:[11] 11,495
Rick Santorum:[12] 11,380
Gary Johnson:[13] 7,995
Jon Huntsman:[14] 4,149
George Pataki: (Unknown)
Buddy Roemer: (Unknown)

PS: Just in case you’re following all of these guys, follow me, too: johnhawkinsrwn[15] and rightwingnews[16].

Endnotes:
  1. Newt Gingrich:: http://twitter.com/#!/newtgingrich
  2. Sarah Palin:: http://twitter.com/#!/SarahPalinUSA
  3. Ron Paul:: http://twitter.com/#!/RepRonPaul
  4. Michele Bachamann:: http://twitter.com/#!/MicheleBachmann
  5. Mitt Romney:: http://twitter.com/#!/MittRomney
  6. Rick Perry: http://twitter.com/#!/GovernorPerry
  7. Herman Cain:: http://twitter.com/#!/THEHermanCain
  8. Chris Christie:: http://twitter.com/#!/GovChristie
  9. Tim Pawlenty:: http://twitter.com/#!/timpawlenty
  10. Thaddeus McCotter:: http://twitter.com/#!/ThadMcCotter
  11. John Bolton:: http://twitter.com/#!/AmbJohnBolton
  12. Rick Santorum:: http://twitter.com/#!/RickSantorum
  13. Gary Johnson:: http://twitter.com/#!/GovGaryJohnson
  14. Jon Huntsman:: http://twitter.com/#!/JonHuntsman
  15. johnhawkinsrwn: http://twitter.com/#!/johnhawkinsrwn
  16. rightwingnews: http://twitter.com/#!/rightwingnews

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