Twitter published an interactive feature on Thursday that maps interest in President Obama's and Mitt Romney’s most popular tweets across the nation.
Interestingly, the most partisan tweets rarely map to the candidates’ natural political bases. Obama’s second most popular tweet nationwide, for instance, supported abortion rights and got the most play in Wyoming.
The map also digs into the most popular candidate tweets state by state and the most popular tweets using particular keywords such as coal, teachers and military.
Among the 22 most popular national tweets for both candidates, however, a disturbing trend emerges. While Romney and staff seem to take great care with the Republican candidate’s tweets, Team Obama is prone to slip ups in grammar and punctuation.
This is, of course, forgiving both candidates several instances of Tweetspeak in the effort to cram their messages into 140 characters.
Punctuation nerds have already scolded the president for that pesky period at the end of his campaign slogan. Could the former Massachusetts governor make a late surge among grammarians as well?
Joseph Marks
Joseph Marks covers government technology issues, social media, Gov 2.0 and global Internet freedom for Nextgov. He previously reported on federal litigation and legal policy for Law360 and on local, state and regional issues for two Midwestern newspapers. He also interned for Congressional Quarterly’s Homeland Security section and the Associated Press’s Jerusalem Bureau. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s in international affairs from Georgetown.
Addressing the 3 Biggest BYOD Security Threats
Mobile Apps: New Ways to Connect Government with Citizens
Continuous Monitoring As a Service: A Shift in the Way Government Does Business
Research Report: Powering Continuous Monitoring Through Big Data
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
By using this service you agree not to post material that is obscene, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable. Although Nextgov does not monitor comments posted to this site (and has no obligation to), it reserves the right to delete, edit, or move any material that it deems to be in violation of this rule.