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Will Twitter Following Predict The Democratic Primary Outcome?

 

If Twitter following were a predictor of who will win the Democratic primaries then here is how the field stands as of today, 3/16/2019:

  1. Bernie Sanders:  9.1 Million  (@BernieSanders)
  2. Cory Booker:  4.2 Million (@CoryBooker)
  3. Kamala Harris:  2.4 Million (@KamalaHarris)
  4. Elizabeth Warren: 2.2 Million  (@ewarren)
  5. Beto O’Rourke: 1.3 Million (@BetoORourke)
  6. Kirsten Gillibrand: 1.3 Million (@SenGillibrand)
  7. Amy Klobuchar:  652.6K (@amyklobuchar)
  8. Tulsi Gabbard: 305.8K (@TulsiGabbard)
  9. Pete Buttigieg:  287.7K (@PeteButtigieg)
  10. Julian Castro:  188.3K (@JulianCastro)
  11. Steve Bullock:  166.5K (@GovernorBullock)
  12. John Hickenlooper:  137K (@Hickenlooper)
  13. Tim Ryan: 69.3K (@RepTimRyan)
  14. Terry McAuliffe:  65.7K (@TerryMcAuliffe)
  15. Jay Inslee:  40K (@JayInslee)
  16. John Delaney: 16.4K (@JohnDelaney)

Now, the race has only just begun and, in fact, some very significant players have yet to officially enter, including Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams.  Joe Biden would be in third right now with 3.3 million followers and Stacey Abrams would be in 8th with 413.8k followers.  The following will inevitably grow as we get closer to the primaries and the electorate has the opportunity to learn more about each candidate.  It will be interesting to compare the numbers as they exist today to that of the day of the first primary election in Iowa on February 3, 2020.  I will update the numbers then and perhaps a few times in between.