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2016 Postmortem

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Sat Jan 9, 2016, 01:22 PM Jan 2016

UPDATED -- Most recent Twitter audit shows over 2 million of Hillary Clinton's followers are fake [View all]

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Over 40 percent of her Twitter Followers are fake, as of the latest audit.
https://www.twitteraudit.com/HillaryClinton

I saw an article from April of 2015 which I posted without realizing how old it was. Here is the more recent data, and it shows her fake following has only grown.

This speaks directly to whether we can trust anything she says and the track record of making poor decisions when she is in positions of power.

By the way, Bernie Sanders has 90% real followers
https://www.twitteraudit.com/BernieSanders

After doing a little bit of research, here are the audits of all the nominees. I did audits on the twitter feeds listed on the VoteSmart.com page.

Candidate___________Real________Fake____________% Real

SenSanders__________1,050,027____119,268__________90%
O'Malley_____________104,911_____13,365__________89%
Clinton______________2,994,545____2,055,278________59%

Jim Gilmore__________2,439________181_____________93%
Rick Santorum________208,286______42,661__________83%
Mike Huckabee_______341,779_______88,673__________79%
Rand Paul___________556,027_______151,387_________79%
Ben Carson__________554,865_____172,350_________76%
John Kasich__________112,530_____35,926__________76%
Ted Cruz____________518,476_____171,905_________75%
Marco Rubio_________778,387_____266,428_________74%
Jeb Bush____________276,762_____129,048_________68%
Donald Trump________2,942,607___1,669,630________64%
Christ Christie________29,651______38,828__________43%

And for those who are interested
demunderground______5,012_______466_____________92%

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. Wilms Jan 2016 #1
Is this picture from the HRC farm? Helen Borg Jan 2016 #43
Oh noes!!!!! JoePhilly Jan 2016 #2
Any info regarding who makes all these fake followers? It really reflects badly on her campaign. reformist2 Jan 2016 #3
Might of hired a social media advertising firm? Or not her at all. Bradical79 Jan 2016 #21
Agreed passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #47
Good observation Android3.14 Jan 2016 #79
It's a short-sighted tactic that can backfire CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #24
Just one more example floriduck Jan 2016 #45
Having fake followers was her "decision making"? Agschmid Jan 2016 #66
I believe there is a high likelihood floriduck Jan 2016 #73
Such a ridiculous assertion. Agschmid Jan 2016 #75
But it's the Hillary supporters that are delusional Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #83
Everything about her campaign is astroturf. senz Jan 2016 #25
And yet I am still voting for her yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #28
urm NJCher Jan 2016 #32
I have fake Instagram followers, I didn't ask for them, and didn't pay for them. Agschmid Jan 2016 #34
really? NJCher Jan 2016 #36
Answered right here in this thread passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #51
see this, at the NY Times NJCher Jan 2016 #69
Yes we all agree it happens... Agschmid Jan 2016 #74
It's a great question for them... Not me. Agschmid Jan 2016 #65
Yeah read what Twitter fakes mean yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #90
I have asked and asked why a Democrat would support H. Clinton clearly an American Aristocrat. rhett o rick Jan 2016 #89
Madam president Clinton will make this country great yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #91
"who makes all these fake followers?" left-of-center2012 Jan 2016 #29
Mechanical Turk Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #48
My account shows 95% legit. NorthCarolina Jan 2016 #4
The empress has no clothes. azmom Jan 2016 #5
Interestingly enough, @DWStweets shows 48% fake followers. NorthCarolina Jan 2016 #6
That's all? I demand a recount! Proserpina Jan 2016 #7
2,994,545 of Hillary's followers are real. Starry Messenger Jan 2016 #8
That's about how they rank in many polls, too. George II Jan 2016 #41
True! Starry Messenger Jan 2016 #44
Good notice ! uponit7771 Jan 2016 #49
How does it reflect on her? treestar Jan 2016 #9
Methodology MattSh Jan 2016 #11
Plenty of people will sign up for things and then treestar Jan 2016 #12
I have two twitter accounts, signed up only because some software/site wanted me to. But.... George II Jan 2016 #58
I guess I am one of the fake ones then... BooScout Jan 2016 #17
2.9 million followers who actively use twitter (that 2012 company says non-regular users are fake) Sunlei Jan 2016 #10
Translation: I am a social media warrior and I demand pure Twitter followers leftofcool Jan 2016 #13
We've got to give Hillary points for her consistency. Seriously. CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #14
+1 BeanMusical Jan 2016 #20
I also remember the media turning this event into Watergate or something like that. StevieM Jan 2016 #33
'About TwitterAudit' Princess Turandot Jan 2016 #15
I'm one such twitter user firebrand80 Jan 2016 #19
Me too. nt SunSeeker Jan 2016 #35
I have two accounts, I don't even know HOW to send a tweet! George II Jan 2016 #40
Hush now... uberblonde Jan 2016 #23
The article you posted before said 46,000 listed their hometowns as Bagdad emulatorloo Jan 2016 #16
The twitter followers are an accurate representation of the candidate fbc Jan 2016 #18
LOL - not at all surprising. senz Jan 2016 #22
I've never been on the tweeter. tom_kelly Jan 2016 #26
I've said it before: here in my extremely red pocket of a red state... I've seen ZERO Hillary signs AzDar Jan 2016 #27
fun with anecdotal evidence Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #56
I'm in the reddest part of Western MA... druidity33 Jan 2016 #76
Yup, and I'm in Central MA, where we just had the big Worcester and Lowell Trump events Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #78
That is such good news! About Bernie vs Hillary. #bernie16 eom Karma13612 Jan 2016 #86
And we are supposed to trust her. And we Bernie supporters jwirr Jan 2016 #30
Fake followers for a fake candidate. Fuddnik Jan 2016 #31
Mmmm Helen Borg Jan 2016 #39
Any idea on the percentage of DUers who are fake Democrats? oasis Jan 2016 #37
BOOM! George II Jan 2016 #42
Exactly! MrWendel Jan 2016 #46
I would guess about 10% HubertHeaver Jan 2016 #53
Kabam! leftofcool Jan 2016 #64
zing! treestar Jan 2016 #68
my guess would be a number equal.... smiley Jan 2016 #85
"Followers" on twitter aren't necessarily all followers of the person, there could be reasons.... George II Jan 2016 #38
Purchased Twitter followers to give the illusion of enthusiasm? Jackilope Jan 2016 #52
That's ridiculous. How can you prove that there are "purchased" followers? You can't. George II Jan 2016 #57
Quack quack Android3.14 Jan 2016 #63
This was discussed awhile ago on DU. Jackilope Jan 2016 #81
lol you should only add that confirmation treestar Jan 2016 #67
Lots of interest in HRC in Myanmar ..... Jackilope Jan 2016 #82
It really is pretty simple Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #84
Hmm that's odd... Agschmid Jan 2016 #70
And 1k out of my 6.5k followers are fakes Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #50
CNN has 11 million fake followers according to this audit Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #54
Yup. Agschmid Jan 2016 #72
How many DU users have multiple accounts? RandySF Jan 2016 #55
DU has fake followers too MyNameGoesHere Jan 2016 #59
Yet they still lose the UglyGreed Jan 2016 #60
When she was SoS, she spent taxpayer money to buy Facebook likes for the department arcane1 Jan 2016 #61
What a fucking waste of our resources. azmom Jan 2016 #71
Syria was the first Twitter "revolution" - part of a $330 mil DOS regime change operation. leveymg Jan 2016 #87
The modern, digital version of how we overthrew Iran's democracy in the 1950's. arcane1 Jan 2016 #88
numbers enid602 Jan 2016 #62
No substance here. Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #77
Shhh Jarqui Jan 2016 #80
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