Facebook traffic mirrored Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s low poll standing Tuesday.
Kasich became the 16th prominent Republican to announce he was running for the party’s presidential nomination. During the day of the announcement, he generated 261,000 interactions on Facebook and 156,000 people.
That’s low, compared to his rivals. And it reflects his low standing in national polls. Kasich needs to reach the top 10 to qualify for the August 6 Republican debate in Cleveland, and it looks like it’s going to be close.
While Facebook is not a factor in who debates, it does reflect who’s generating interest. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, for instance, had 679,000 people and 1.57 million interactions. Real estate mogul Donald Trump had 3.4 million people and 6.4 million interactions.
Other announcement day Republican results:
Chris Christie
482,000 unique people
803,000 interactions
Bobby Jindal
316,000 unique people
542,000 interactions
Jeb Bush
493,000 unique people
849,000 interactions
Rick Perry
422,000 unique people
763,000 interactions
Lindsey Graham
84,000 unique people
142,000 interactions
George Pataki
59,000 unique people
81,000 interactions
Rick Santorum
169,000 unique people
266,000 interactions
Mike Huckabee
458,000 unique people
814,000 interactions
Carly Fiorina
304,000 unique people
515,000 interactions
Ben Carson
847,000 unique people
1.5 million interactions
Marco Rubio
695,000 unique people
1.3 million interactions
Rand Paul
865,000 unique people
1.9 million interactions
Ted Cruz
2.1 million unique people
5.5 million interactions.
David Lightman: 202-383-6101, @lightmandavid
Comments