Social Media and Utah's U.S. Senate Race
by Bryan Schott
04/17/2012 | 1997 views | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend | print

We saw that social media engagement was a fairly accurate predictor of how the Salt Lake County Mayoral race played out. What does that metric tell us about the race for U.S. Senate?



According to PoliticIt
, Orrin Hatch is doing quite well. He has four-times the number of Facebook followers than his closest rival, Dan Liljenquist. He has nearly 15 times the number of Twitter followers.



On the Democratic side, Pete Ashdown and Scott Howell have nearly the same number of Facebook followers, but Ashdown's 878 Twitter followers is far beyond the 27 of Howell.



The last metric, the "It Score" measures digital influence on a scale of 1-100. Hatch has a relatively low 15, while Liljenquist is at 14.



Here are the numbers.


It Scores

1. Orrin Hatch | 15

2. Dan Liljenquist | 14

3. Chris Herrod | 11

4. Shaun McCausland | 10

5. Pete Ashdown | 9

6. Tim Aalders | 8



Facebook 

1.  Orrin Hatch | 21,011

2. Dan Liljenquist | 5,440

3. Chris Herrod | 226

4. Pete Ashdown | 220

5. Scott Howell | 200

6. Bill Barron | 88

7. Tim Alders | 53

8. Dale Ash | 0

8. Loy Brunson | 0

8. David Chiu | 0 

8. Kevin Fisk | 0

8. Jeremy Friedbaum | 0

8. Daniel Geery | 0 

8. William Lawrence | 0

8. Shaun McCausland | 0 

8. William Peterson II | 0





Twitter

1.  Orrin Hatch | 3 1,696

2. Dan Liljenquist | 2,756

3. Pete Ashdown | 878

4. Tim Alders | 371

5. Chris Herrod | 161

6. Scott Howell | 27

7. Shaun McCausland | 16

8. Loy Brunson | 8

9. Daniel Geery | 10

10. Dale Ash | 0

10. Bill Barron | 0 

20. David Chiu | 0 

10. Kevin Fisk | 0

10. Jeremy Friedbaum | 0

10. William Lawrence | 0

10. William Peterson II | 0

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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 10032 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 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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