The state of the Maine gubernatorial race on Twitter as of Friday, October 2, 2009 11:30 P.M. EST.
Independent Eliot Cutler (@Cutler2010) is following 24, has 37 followers, and 9 Tweets. +9 Followers.
Democrat Donna Dion is following 0, has 0 followers, and 0 Tweets.
Independent Alex Hammer (@HammerForMaine) is following 1,990, has 250 followers, and 504 Tweets. +32 Followers.
Democrat Dawn Hill (@DawnHillNow) is following 20, has 46 followers, 3 Tweets, and no picture; +1 Followers.
Republican Matt Jacobson (@jacobson4gov) is following 795, has 1,064 followers, and 107 Tweets; -13 Followers.
Republican Paul LePage (@lepage2010) is following 10, has 17 followers, and 1 Tweet; +17 Followers.
Republican Peter Mills is following 0, has 0 followers, and 0 Tweets.
Democrat Libby Mitchell (@LibbyForGov) is following 34, has 63 followers, and 6 Tweets; +7 Followers.
Republican Les Otten (@LesOtten) is following 159, has 183 followers, and 46 Tweets; +9 Followers.
Republican Bruce Poliquin (@BruceForME) is following 136, has 183 followers, and 224 Tweets; +9 Followers.
Democrat Steven Rowe (@Steven_Rowe) is following 366, has 284 followers, and 64 Tweets; +36 Followers.
Democrat Rosa Scarcelli (@rosascarcelli) is following 324, has 274 followers, and 172 Tweets; +25 Followers.
Green Independent Lynne Williams (@Lynne4Governor) is following 21, has 73 followers, and 74 Tweets; +13 Followers.
Visual update coming later tonight or early tomorrow morning.
Please note that with the graph below we have slightly adjusted the colors from last time to account for Paul LePage’s entry and to provide greater visual contrast between Rowe and Scarcelli. Click for full version.
Republican Paul LePage has joined Twitter, while Jacobson’s follower number seems to be stabilizing. Rowe has overtaken Scarcelli and now has the most followers amongst the Democrats. Green Independent Lynne Williams has more followers than several candidates, including Democrat Libby Mitchell and Independent Eliot Cutler. Note also that Otten and Poliquin have now had the same number of followers for two weeks running, which is interesting.
As a side note, Scarcelli may have been the first gubernatorial candidate to participate in #followfriday last week, giving us a shout-out, and we appreciate it. Mills and Dion continue to ignore Twitter.
This week we’re also taking a look at how the parties compare in their use of Twitter. Republicans thus far have used the medium more frequently than Democrats:
Of course, your amount of Twitter content is unlikely to determine your ultimate electoral success, but it is interesting that Republicans and independents are using Twitter the most, accounting for almost three-quarters of total Tweets by gubernatorial candidates.
