Bernie Sanders Getting More Internet Traffic Than All Candidates Combined

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by Moshe Alexenberg
Our latest US Presidential Election Report shows Bernie Sanders is winning the internet, generating more traffic to his campaign website than all other candidates combined.



Democratic candidate secured over 5 million visits to his website in September – leading the field among challengers from both parties. In contrast, his nearest competitors, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, recorded visits of 1.6 million and 1.35 million, respectively, to their campaign sites. The analysis of 10 leading candidates from July to September 2015, reveals that the worst-performing campaign hubs are Chrischristie.com (65,000 visits in September) and johnkasich.com (55,000).

Sanders is mastering the art of the email and engaging with his constituents. As a share of traffic, Sanders is pulling in twice the rate from email than the next candidate. Email is responsible for 12% of traffic to Sanders’ site in September. In contrast, Clinton saw only 5.32% of her overall traffic come via emails, Bush 1%, and Trump 0.92%. Email-generated traffic still decreased over the past three months, presumably due to heightened fatigue among subscribers.

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Bernin' up the web….hotter and hotter….

[DJ13]

1. Bernie Sanders is winning the internet

[Mike__M]

2. Trend

I see two candidates with an upward trend over all three months.
How many of us went to Carson's site out of morbid curiosity?

[Mike__M]

3. Where's Martin? n/t

[retrowire]

5. I know that some will decry that this isn't "scientific"

but how can you not acknowledge that this is a sign?

This is a PRETTY telling thing.

Greater than all other candidates combined?

COMBINED. ALL.

Bernie is popular.

[tex-wyo-dem]

11. I agree!

Although not scientific, it is an indicator, just like the Internet polls. What does it indicate? My guess is enthusiasm and Bernie has bigger support among younger voters who use the Internet more than older voters. I also think people researching who Bernie is is higher than other candidates, which translates into higher interest.

It would be nice to be able to break this data down, but alas...

[nc4bo]

13. But the bloody pooooooolls!?@!

There's something happening here.....

What it is ain't exactly clear ........

For what it's worth.

[corkhead]

6. Lets hope that translates into traffic at the polls when we need it

[Fearless]

7. And growing!

[tex-wyo-dem]

10. You're right!

With the exception of Carson, Bernie is the only one with an upward growth trend.

For Carson, I suspect his internet numbers will drop along with his poll numbers as the effects of his latest lying and craziness sink in.

[Jackilope]

8. Bern, baby, Bern!

I refuse to accept a third way inevitable chosen one by Wall St., corporate media, etc. Team Bernie for the win!

[PoliticalMalcontent]

9. Possibly indicative of an enthusiasm gap?

He's a relative newcomer to national politics. Perhaps more people aren't going to Hillary's website because they have already established an opinion about her. I think it speaks volumes about the success of Bernie's grassroots campaign though. He's gaining exposure and that exposure has been leading to website hits. Time will tell how things shake out.

Also, let's take the time to laugh at Ted Cruz for not even owning his own dot-com. Tedcruz.com is registered by someone who supports Obama and immigration reform.

Edit: One other reason that Bernie Sanders is probably doing so well in that infographic: He has engaged Millennials (AKA the least likely to vote) in a way that few other politicians have been able to. Millennials are much more plugged in than other generations which could cause this "enthusiasm gap" in website visits.

[Enthusiast]

12. Don't believe them. This is significant.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Hot damn....

kick

oh, and went by Bernie's website and clicked on a few things, too.