{"id":1639,"date":"2011-12-06T12:19:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T18:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2011-12-06T12:19:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T18:19:29","slug":"four-weeks-before-iowa-caucuses-how-the-candidates-are-doing-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/four-weeks-before-iowa-caucuses-how-the-candidates-are-doing-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Four weeks before Iowa Caucuses, how the candidates are doing on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little more than three weeks ago, I measured <a href=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/23\/can-social-media-predict-the-2012-gop-presidential-nominee\/\">how the GOP presidential candidates were faring on social media<\/a>. I looked at 17 different measurements of popularity and engagement on Twitter and Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/23\/can-social-media-predict-the-2012-gop-presidential-nominee\/\">you can see exactly what I measured here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>My results were fairly close to the most recent national polls. <\/p>\n<p>Now, four weeks before Iowa&#8217;s first-in-the-nation caucuses, I decided to run the numbers again (I will run them again on caucus day) to see if anything had changed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Here are the current results<\/h3>\n<p>Below are the current results, including Herman Cain for consistency. Paul and Huntsman each moved up a spot. 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Rank<\/th>\n<th>Change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Herman Cain<\/td>\n<td>2.88<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Newt Gingrich<\/td>\n<td>3.00<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Mitt Romney<\/td>\n<td>3.65<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Michele Bachmann<\/td>\n<td>4.53<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Ron Paul<\/td>\n<td>4.71<\/td>\n<td>+1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Rick Perry<\/td>\n<td>5.24<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Jon Huntsman<\/td>\n<td>5.71<\/td>\n<td>+1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Rick Santorum<\/td>\n<td>5.88<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the results without Herman Cain. The rankings don&#8217;t change.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\ntable.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}\n.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Name<\/th>\n<th>Avg. Rank<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Newt Gingrich<\/td>\n<td>2.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Mitt Romney<\/td>\n<td>3.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Michele Bachmann<\/td>\n<td>3.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Ron Paul<\/td>\n<td>4.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Rick Perry<\/td>\n<td>4.35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Jon Huntsman<\/td>\n<td>4.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Rick Santorum<\/td>\n<td>5.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These results don&#8217;t perfectly match <a href=\"http:\/\/caucuses.desmoinesregister.com\/2011\/12\/03\/iowa-poll-gingrich-leading-the-pack\/\">recent<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/polls\/postabcpoll_120411.html\">polls<\/a> that show it&#8217;s a three-person race in Iowa between Gingrich, Romney and Paul. <\/p>\n<p>My numbers are spot-on for Gingrich and Romney at 1 and 2. But I have Paul running behind Bachmann. It is worth noting that Paul is gaining in my polls. So perhaps things will be right by the Jan. 3 caucuses.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little more than three weeks ago, I measured how the GOP presidential candidates were faring on social media. I looked at 17 different measurements of popularity and engagement on Twitter and Facebook (you can see exactly what I measured here). My results were fairly close to the most recent national polls. 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