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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUSA Today: Sanders' announcement well behind Clinton's on Facebook
http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/05/01/bernie-sanders-announcement-facebook/The Vermont independent senator officially announced Thursday that he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination. The news generated 1.2 million Facebook interactions (which includes likes, posts, comments and shares) from 592,000 people about Sanders during the 24-hour period around the campaign kickoff, according to Facebook.
Not surprisingly, those numbers pale in comparison to front-runner Hillary Clintons announcement earlier in April, which drove 10.1 million interactions from 4.7 million users.
Sanders didnt lag that far behind one notable 2016 contender, however. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, considered a top-tier Republican presidential hopeful, generated 1.3 million interactions from 695,000 people when he announced on April 13, numbers that are just ahead of Sanders.
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KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)It's that simple.
highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)Bernie's popularity there?
And no, I'm not trying to put you on the spot here. I'm just genuinely curious about this. I posted this article about the Facebook response after seeing a number of mentions of Reddit.
FWIW, I like Bernie. I admire Bernie. But I have an equally high opinion of Hillary, and I believe that she can win the general election. I don't think Bernie can. But I hope he'll help her by putting more focus on progressive issues during the primary.
cali
(114,904 posts)but he is doing surprising well across social media- and raising small dollar donations.
Shocker. Bernie is the underdog.
Makes me want to support him even more.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)I would think that ratio would be more telling than the sheer numbers.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)"Vote for the winner of the horse race"