Social media buzz around U.S elections 2012 - 2 [NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY]
1. Social buzz around U.S Presidential elections 2012 -2 [NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES] Analysis of the social media buzz for candidates running for President between 5 th January to 11 th January 2012
2. Candidates Analysed*… BARACK OBAMA RON PAUL MITT ROMNEY RICK PERRY NEWT GINGRICH JON HUNTSMAN RICK SANTORUM * This week’s analysis excludes Michele Bachmann since she has dropped out of the GOP, and features Jon Huntsman whose social buzz has since then increased Images: Wikipedia
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8. Online news articles featured Former House speaker Newt Gingrich’s attack on Romney’s pious baloney, which along with his full-page ad comparing his and Romney’s positions on taxes, abortion etc created a stir in microblogs Texas governor Rick Perry, tweeted ‘Here we come South Carolina ’ which was retweeted by his ardent fans Topical Trends for Newt Gingrich Topical Trends for Rick Perry
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10. Topical Trends for Ron Paul Topical Trends for Rick Santorum Ron Paul, was applauded in forums for his fantastic speech aired after his historic second place win at the primaries Conversations around Rick Santorum also include references to his contenders , namely Romney, Huntsman and Gingrich
11. Although, Democrat candidate Barack Obama still commands highest share of conversation, his social buzz is declining accompanied by a gradual increase in the social buzz of the Republican candidates. Also, this week, Mitt Romney who had the highest social buzz also won the New Hampshire Primaries hinting at a likely correlation between his popularity across social media channels and the voting results Catch our update for next week as we analyse the social buzz around your favourite candidates…