Social Media and the Salt Lake County Mayor's Race
by Bryan Schott
04/16/2012 | 1246 views | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print

How much did social media play into the Salt Lake County Mayor's Race? Three of the top-four performers advanced from Saturday's conventions.



PoliticIt looked at
how the candidates utilize Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Not surprisingly, Ben McAdams, Mike Winder, Mark Crockett and Ross Romero were all in the top four in each metric.



Winder and Crockett will face off in a primary on the Republican side, while McAdams won the nomination outright over Romero.



Interestingly, McAdams outperformed Romero on Facebook and Twitter, but not YouTube.



While not conclusive, engagement on social media may have played a big role in who won on Saturday.



Here's the breakdown.


Facebook

     1. Ben McAdams | 573 fans

     2. Ross Romero | 379 fans

     3. Mike Winder | 183 fans

     4. Mark Crockett | 0 fans (292 members in his Facebook group, but no official campaign page)

     5. Richard Snelgrove | 0 fans (2,106 friends on personal page, but no official campaign page)

     6. Gary Ott | 0 fans (706 friends on personal page, but no official campaign page)

     7. Merrill Cook | 0 fans (13 likes on his Wikipedia article on Facebook. Inactive personal Facebook page with 60 friends.)

     8. Larry Decker | 0 fans





Twitter

     1. Ben McAdams | 1,624

     2. Mike Winder | 1,398 followers

     3. Ross Romero | 556 followers

     4. Mark Crockett | 84 followers

     5. Richard Snelgrove | 79 followers

     6. Gary Ott | 18 followers

     7. Merrill Cook | 0 followers

     7. Larry Decker | 0 followers





YouTube 

     1. Mike Winder | 1,655 channel video views

     2. Ross Romero | 990 channel video views

     3. Ben McAdams | 400 channel video views

     4. Mark Crockett | 0 channel views

     4. Gary Ott | 0 channel video views

     4. Merrill Cook | 0 channel video views

     4. Richard Snelgrove | 0 channel video views

     4. Larry Decker | 0 channel video views

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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 823 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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