Bernie Sanders has fewer ‘fake’ Twitter followers than Clinton or Trump: analysis

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Bernie Sanders has fewer ‘fake’ Twitter followers than Clinton or Trump: analysis
Dylan Stableford
Yahoo! Politics

Despite having about 3.7 million fewer Twitter followers than Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders had the most retweeted tweets among any of the Democratic candidates during this week’s presidential debate.

But there is, perhaps, another for Sanders’ popularity on Twitter: He has the least bots and “troll Twitter followers” among any major candidate running for the White House.

According to Vocativ, which used a Twitter audit tool to analyze the verified accounts of the 12 most-followed 2016 hopefuls, 89 percent of Sanders’ 750,000 followers are actual users, while just 59 percent of Clinton’s 4.49 million are authentic. Second to the secretary of state in terms of Twitter bots and trolls? That would be Donald Trump: Just 61 percent of the Republican frontunner’s 4.59 million Twitter followers are actual users, Vocativ said.

[arcane1]

1. He also has fewer fake positions on the issues n/t

[cosmicone]

2. It is always good to have fewer fake accounts

just as it is better to have a shorter rap-sheet.

[onehandle]

3. The CLICKY-CLICKY will win this primary! nt