Social Media and The 2012 Regina Municipal Election

*DISCLAIMER: Look, I'm not here to tell to you who to vote for, that's your decision. This is my opinion on how a few of the top candidates for Mayor of Regina in the 2012 Municipal Election are using social media.*

Let's look at some platform comparisons.
Oh no, dear reader, not those platforms, I'm talking about social platforms..

PLATFORM COMPARISONS

 

FACEBOOK

FACEBOOK PAGE	LIKES
Meka 2012	859
Team Marian Donnelly for Mayor 2012	779
CreelmanKid*	81
Michael Fougere	71
Dr. Liz Brass	20

TWITTER

NAME	HANDLE	FOLLOWERS	FOLLOWING	TWEETS
Marian Donnelly	@mariandonnelly	833	899	708
Meka2012.ca	@meka4mayor	774	554	1160
Michael Fougere	@fougere4mayor	752	185	193
Marian4Mayor	@Marian4Mayor	506	455	310
David Carnegie*	@CreelmanKid	455	196	9277
Liz Brass 4 Mayor	@LizBrass	254	180	308

*I threw myself in there just for comparison. I'm not running. Yet... #Carnegie2020

Not bad, but there's more to social media than just the numbers. I mean hey, the account could be run by a team and not just the candidate, their followers could all be bots, who knows? Let's take a closer look at how each of the candidates uses social media...