Bernie is crushing Hillary on Facebook!

[Cosmic Kitten]

Facebook (FB) has over a billion accounts.
In Social Media, FB is king.

Remember when it was "news"
that Hillary got 500,000 "likes"?

Hillary Clinton’s Facebook Page Gets 500,000 Likes In Just 15 Minutes

When you’re running for president in a social media world, people respond all at once, too: Clinton’s Facebook page received just over 470,000 likes within 10 minutes of launching. At the time of this writing, the page has 499,254 likes. A Facebook spokesperson said the page launched concurrently with Clinton’s announcement, which means it began with zero likes.

Topping the page is a link to Clinton’s official campaign website and her announcement video, Clinton’s announcement video, which has already garnered more than 13,000 likes.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/12/democrats-surge-hillary-clintons-facebook-page-500000-likes-15-minutes.html

The probability that those 500,000
were individual FB users is unlikely.
But we can't be sure.

Considering that she has hardly doubled
her "likes" since her launch seeds even more doubts.
She currently has just over a million.

Apparently, Hillary has plateaued!
She's out of steam and struggling
to stay relevant in social media.
And all the cool kids are on social media!

WHEREAS, Bernie Sanders is gaining
momentum and surging past Hillary.

Bernie Sanders has over 1.5 million FB "likes"...
and continues to climb!
https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders

The little known senator from the sleepy state
of Vermont is surging past the his rival, Hillary,
who has universal name recognition.

Facebook is the worlds first real time and
ongoing "poll" of public consensus.

Which do you believe represent public opinion better,
a "weighted" poll of 1000 people, or 1.5 million "likes"

Hillary has plateaued, Bernie is surging ahead!

[leftofcool]

1. LOL!

This post is the funniest thing I have ever read on DU. Reminds me of that new song my 13 year old grand daughter listens to. Some thing like "I wanna be one of the cool kids."

[BainsBane]

97. Very true. Twitter for example

Bernie's supporters have made quite the impression there.

[brooklynite]

107. Based on that analogy therefore, Donald Trump is our next President?

[Cal33]

110. For a Republican, maybe yes. For a Democrat, highly unlikely. And there are

more Dems. than Repubs. But Repubs. are known for their dishonesty and
fraudulent ways come election time. So, it's a "maybe yes" again.

[DanTex]

6. Bernie's new campaign theme song...

[Cosmic Kitten]

8. Guess what! The cool kids VOTE!!!! hahahahaha

Cool kids helped elect Obama!

[leftofcool]

12. Actually, the didn't

Young folks vote was the lowest turnout.

[DanTex]

18. Bernie's gonna win by promising ice cream in the cafeteria and an end to the dress code!

[leftofcool]

21. Yea!

Why do I feel like I am back in Junior High school?

[Cosmic Kitten]

57. You invited yourself to this shindig

[leftofcool]

68. I couldn't help myself, it's just so amusing and all.

[Cosmic Kitten]

69. Best to not take ourselves so cereal. It's Friday!

Hillary's E-mail document dump
is expected any moment!

[JTFrog]

70. Benghazi!!!11?!!!11?

[SwampG8r]

65. Most likely because

That is the level of discourse you are most comfortable in

[leftofcool]

67. You might want to be careful here.

[SwampG8r]

88. How and why

Or are veiled threats the new du way?

[leftofcool]

89. Implications may be seen an personal attacks

Implying that someone's intellect is on the level of an 8th grader may be seen by some people as a direct personal attack which is against the TOS. Since I have 2 under graduate degrees and a Masters and am well aware of my own IQ level, implications against my intellect don't bother me but they may bother others.

[SwampG8r]

90. You brought up junior high.school

I cannot believe you are claiming umbrage when what I said directly relates to what you yourself posted.
If anyone here is insulting the intelligence or intellectual capacities of duers it is you


Eta: I changed middle school to junior high the poster I am responding to used junior high not middle school and I know how some choose to argue semantics.

[leftofcool]

94. Junior high=middle school

Back in the 50's it was called junior high. But, that was the stone age, at least according to my grand daughter. When I say junior high to her, I get the rolled eye look and am politely reminded that it is "middle school."

[ladjf]

27. Bernie speaks of substantial issues, not trivial items such "ice cream" and the end to dress code.

Your post is baseless and ineffectual.

[Agschmid]

29. So Bernie never talks about ice cream?

Oh noes!?!?!?!

He is missing out!

[MineralMan]

109. He does, though.

Ben & Jerry's likes him a lot. They're supporters. Sweet!

[virtualobserver]

47. Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. ---- Oscar Wilde n/t

[DanTex]

52. “I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now." --Homer Simpson

[Cosmic Kitten]

59. Oooooooh thanks for the reminder!

[DanTex]

60. BTW, is this OP supposed to be a poem, or song lyrics?

What's with the short lines and the verses? You left out "to be sung to the tune of..."

[oasis]

98. "Bernie's Bustng Out All Over"

All over Facebook with the kids.
He's popular with cool folk,
The ditching class in school folk
Who tell the world they're happy what he did.

Whatever that was.

[liberal N proud]

87. Better look at the results of the last election

It was the kids that stayed away from the polls.

[leftofcool]

17. Now, you've gone and done it!

Didn't they play at Hillary's launch rally? Nice little band.

[Beaverhausen]

95. Isn't that the band that played at Hillary's New York announcement event?

yes, it is. WTF?

[Cosmic Kitten]

7. I guess that's why Hillary is tweetering her campaign?

Is Hillary is trying to hard to be cool?

[Walk away]

38. The most hilarious fact is that Donald Trump is crushing Bernie with 2,789,183 likes!!!!!

I guess that means the The Donald will crush poor Bernie and Hillary too! We should just give up

[sufrommich]

40. Yep, by facebook standards we're heading for a Trump/Palin presidency. nt

[mythology]

122. That's going to give me nightmares

[greatauntoftriplets]

93. And President Obama has more than 44 million likes!

https://www.facebook.com/barackobama

[MineralMan]

113. Wait! Bernie is Crushing on Hillary?

That's, like, way sick!

[lunamagica]

120. I know!!! Thanks for the laughs!!!

[FreakinDJ]

2. Yep Bernie is crushing HRC

He is all people at work are talking about too

[DanTex]

3. Well, that settles it! Unless Justin Bieber decides to join the race...

[leftofcool]

13. Nah! "One Direction" has him beat

Just ask my grand daughter.

[sufrommich]

5. According to "likes" on Facebook,Ron Paul should be president. nt

[Cosmic Kitten]

10. It's ok that Hillary has plateaued, there's still time.

[Agschmid]

14. You've plateaued...

Tell us what is it like?

well sort of...

[sufrommich]

16. I don't know what the point is you're trying to make.

You're the one stating that facebook and twitter are better barometers than actual polls.No one else is making that claim.

[artislife]

36. Hush, Cosmic...the grown ups are talking

They use FB to reconnect with old high school friends and to post photos of their kids achievements.


They don't understand how it is one of many ways to build a network with people across the country. Let them think social media is all about fluff.
I am sure they don't know about hidden groups and the rest.

[Cosmic Kitten]

55. Wait, what, secret handshakes, decoder rings!?

I can haz?

[Agschmid]

64. Well you can't have my decoder...

There might be one in that box of captain crunch, you know social media marketing and all.

[JaneyVee]

9. And Bernie has 400K twitter followers while Hillary has...

Over 4 Million.

[Cosmic Kitten]

15. I follow Hillary too? So what?

Lot's of people follow yet don't support.

Follow is not the same as "like"
in the realm of Social Media.

[leftofcool]

19. LOL! Again.

[Agschmid]

26. Do you even social media, bro?

Lot's of people follow yet don't support.

Follow is not the same as "like"
in the realm of Social Media.

Ahhh... yup it is.

[Cosmic Kitten]

37. In terms of tweeter and FB there is a distinction

[Agschmid]

45. Yes and the distinction is...

It's call "Twitter"

Is "Tweeter" your cat or something?

[Cosmic Kitten]

51. Yes, I do the google and tweeter?

"Charlie-can-of-tuna" is my kitty's pedigree name
We call her Charlie for short.

[JTFrog]

56. The google and tweeter are the best social media realms out there!

[JTFrog]

50. Tweeter?

In the realm of Social Media...

[Walk away]

114. Wake me up when people can register and vote on Facebook or Reddit....

until then it is pretty meaningless

[Cosmic Kitten]

116. Interestingly, elections are just like a popularity contest!

Sooooo, candidates who are more popular
tend to get more votes!

[Walk away]

121. That's why the Kardashians are Presidents of the United States!

Any idiot can sit on their ass and click "like".

[Agschmid]

11. Well since I live in realityville...

Which do you believe represent public opinion better,
a "weighted" poll of 1000 people, or 1.5 million "likes"

Probably a weighted poll, you know, with "math and stuff".

[Cosmic Kitten]

22. Math? 1.5 million likes isn't math?

Here's the difference.

A poll targets a demographic audience,
such as "likely voters", and has an
absurdly refusal rate of 90%.
The refusal rate is a measure of people
who tell pollsters bugger off.
90% say bugger off.

FB "likes" is unsolicited, voluntary participation.

Don't be mad, bro

[Agschmid]

24. No mad, bro...

I just have an understanding of statistics and demographics.

[Cosmic Kitten]

34. Me too. Lots of us do. Hence the deserved skepticism

Over reliance on polls and focus groups
is the ruin of sound policy.

[sufrommich]

28. Are you Dean Chambers the Unskewed Polls guy?

[Cosmic Kitten]

35. Is that your selfie?

[Agschmid]

66. It might be a mirror?

Did you look in it?

When I did I saw this guy:



I know I'm looking good lately.

[Cosmic Kitten]

71. Ooooh, I know a kitty who so do that guy...

but first, wash the dirt off his arms!

Looks like he was fixing a bike chain
before that pic eeewwww.

On second though... nah
prolly has dirty undies too

[Agschmid]

76. Those are tats!

And a little dirt can be okay. Some people are into that.

[Cosmic Kitten]

79. Tats? Can ya wash 'em off?

Dirty arms are not flattering

Kitties are very cleanly creatures

[Agschmid]

81. In some sick twisted way I think we may be learning to get along.

[Cosmic Kitten]

84. It's just the booz talkin, buy me 'nother drink big boy

[NCTraveler]

20. Sara Palin tops that by around three million.

Didn't sway my opinion of her.

Since you believe it to be such an important metric, where do they stand on twitter followers?

[Cosmic Kitten]

25. Hillary is getting crushed by Bernie

Care to address that?

The unknown, unelectable, "socialist"
from Vermont is beating the universally
recognized frontrunner!?!

[NCTraveler]

31. Sure I will address it.

What poll has him crushing her?

"The unknown, unelectable, "socialist"
from Vermont is beating the universally
recognized frontrunner!?!"

Nothing in reality shows that statement to be even close to true.

Back to the topic you are discussing here. Social media. Where do their two twitter accounts stand.

I expect no honest conversation as you somehow actually believe this.

"The unknown, unelectable, "socialist"
from Vermont is beating the universally
recognized frontrunner!?!"

It is simply not an accurate or believable statement.

You also didn't address the fact, that by your metric, Palin is going to run away with the election.

[Cosmic Kitten]

39. Hillary has plateaued in the public arena

She has average turnouts in public appearances
and is widely untrusted by voters.

[leftofcool]

42. Too bad she leads by double digits, eh?

[NCTraveler]

44. Deflect. Change topics. Move goal posts.

This is getting amusing. You won't even debate your own thoughts. Just run from them. I would as well if I felt I was forced to make such blatantly false comments as this. It is truly false.

"The unknown, unelectable, "socialist"
from Vermont is beating the universally
recognized frontrunner!?!"

At some point it has to be asked. Are you a Hillary supporter? This looks so bad and the dishonesty is simply forcing people to hold stronger in their corners. Clearly a benefit for Hillary. Are you a supporter of hers doing a parody of a Sanders supporter. Not very nice.

[BainsBane]

99. Plateaued at 40 points above the rest

terrible position to be in.

[leftofcool]

32. Crushed on Facebook?

Okie dokie.

[Agschmid]

33. Meh.

When you post a foolish flamebait OP and then expect real responses you aren't going to get that.

[Cosmic Kitten]

46. Flamebait? We are on teh interwebz...

having a real discussion of Hillary's sagging
public appeal, as evidenced on FB, the premier
social media hub.

Where are her followers?
Why doesn't the most recognized name
in this election have millions of "likes"?

FB runs the gamut of demographics
and the barrier to participation are
minimal if you have internet access.

Yet all those women, retirees, cool kids,
can't seem to give her a "like"???
She should have millions of "likes"!

[Agschmid]

49. Really...

You are going to keep going here?

If so I got you this.



It's gold so it represents the 1%, that way the third way can really stick it to you while you keep digging this hole.

[JTFrog]

54. FB, the premier social media hub. But what about the google and tweeter?

[NCTraveler]

61. Their social media bona fides are on display for all.

It's very clear social media is "in their wheelhouse" so to speak.

[JTFrog]

63. This thread is so full of win! n/t

[Cosmic Kitten]

82. Ooops, are my bona fides showing...eeeek

And what's this "wheelhouse" you speak of?

I don't live in a mobile home???

[NCTraveler]

86. Ahhh. I understand a little better now.

Your reply is below 140 characters. You should tweeter it.

[Cosmic Kitten]

72. Those are very VERY popular web sites, don't cha know ;~/

On the tweeter you can follow peeps
and like say things and like tell the
world how awesome you are.
It is so cool...

Although, Reddit is where it's at
Don't tell anyone, K?

[JTFrog]

75. I'm sure they are in Your social media realm.

As for Reddit, I don't do websites that openly harbor MRA's.

[Cosmic Kitten]

80. Don't be hatin, Bro

Discrimination is not the answer to discrimination!
Be the change!

[JTFrog]

85. You can cuddle up to all the misogynistic assholes in the world you want.

If you really believe that makes you "the change".

[Agschmid]

91. Or fat shame, or child porn.

Good ole Reddit.

[leftofcool]

58. Dang, I really hate to burst your bubble but................

There are millions of us women, retirees and cool kids who just don't do social media. Many of us think it is just a waste of valuable time. Take me for instance, I have a flower garden to attend to, commissioned bead work to get done, a dog and hubby to take care of, a grand daughter to shop with ( girl time at the Mall), a pile of books to read, me time meditation, yoga class, ballet class and then a bit of time for DU. Nope, sorry, FB is just not on our list of important things to do.

[frylock]

100. You're wasting your valuable time on social media right now ffs.

But seriously, I urge you to continue to ignore Sanders' presence on FB. Not only on his page, but also the overwhelming support he receives on the news pages that post stories about him.

[leftynyc]

23. This would have more impact

if more young people actually got off their asses and voted once in a while.

[Cosmic Kitten]

30. Hey ever hear of a guy named Barrack Hussein Obama?

Yeah, the guy with the funny sounding name...

The cool kids carried him to victory
in the past two presidential elections


Oh, wait, you mad they don't vote
for 3rd-Way candidates?
OR
That the DNC's pathetic leadership resulted in
overwhelming losses of democratically held offices?

Is that the fault of young people sitting on their asses?

[artislife]

41. Oh, it looks like you got thread of the day!

Congrats!

Somehow when they use social media on what threads to zoom in on, they don't see that smarter, quicker people have taken the same premise into the social media world..

You know it's hard to use FB on landlines..

[leftofcool]

43. You really ought to check some stats on that.

[Cosmic Kitten]

48. Help a Kitten out...what stats, and does your interface C&P?

[leftynyc]

62. I forgot

I was dealing with someone who thinks juvenile emoticons are a reasonable way to have a discussion. Not interested in a childish conversation.

[frylock]

101. Clinton isn't going to provide incentive for them to get off their asses and vote

[leftynyc]

104. Well

After speaking with all the girls in my niece's fraternity (Univ of Maryland), all of them plan on voting and all but 2 are voting for Hillary. They're thrilled they get an opportunity to vote for a woman. You can pretend having the first woman President wont bring out a lot of first time voters but I think you're fooling yourself.

[frylock]

115. And there are plenty of women on the right have been waiting 20 years to vote against Clinton

Those are the voters that she will motivate.

[Agschmid]

53. Plateau

Careful what you wish for.

[Cosmic Kitten]

73. OMG, that line needs some viagra, quick!

It's sagging worse than Hillary's trustworthiness ratings

[Agschmid]

74. Pop that pill.

Have you seen the new Fiat commercial? The Viagra one?

[Cosmic Kitten]

77. Erhmergerd, it's down 1.5% !!!111!111!11

A 1.5% sag!!!!
It's sooooo over for Bernie

How will he ever recover?!!11!

1.5%

[Agschmid]

78. It's not even about a recovery yet!

Remember he is up against 72 million likes!

[CountAllVotes]

83. WoWWWWW!!!!!

Go Bernie Sanders, GO!!!!!

[L0oniX]

92. She can always buy more "likes".

[AtomicKitten]

102. More than half of her Twitter followers are fake/inactive.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026507590

[Cosmic Kitten]

117. OMG, she can do that!? There are ways to manipulate social media?!?

Is that why she got so many followers from ... Iraq?

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media
Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda

The discovery that the US military is developing false online personalities – known to users of social media as "sock puppets" – could also encourage other governments, private companies and non-government organisations to do the same.

The Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 US-based controllers should be able to operate false identities from their workstations "without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries".

Centcom spokesman Commander Bill Speaks said: "The technology supports classified blogging activities on foreign-language websites to enable Centcom to counter violent extremist and enemy propaganda outside the US."
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

[BainsBane]

96. LOL

[PoliticAverse]

103. I salute our future President!...

Kim Kardashian, 25,613,016 facebook likes.

[JoePhilly]

105. Facebook likes !!!!?????!!!!!

[zappaman]

106. And Tweeter as well as MyFace!

[Cosmic Kitten]

118. Someone get's it

[JoePhilly]

108. Yea, but how is he doing on Woo Woo?

[JTFrog]

111. But how is he doing on Friendface?111!!!?

[MineralMan]

112. Lets switch and all vote on Facebook or "Tweeter"

instead of in our polling places or by absentee ballot. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Just in case, I'm going to start a new FezBook page called: Official Presidential Polling Place

People can like that, and skip the hard work of actually voting.

Or maybe three pages:

Vote Here for Hillary
Vote Here for Bernie
Vote Here for O'Malley

The page with the most likes wins the primary.'

Social Elections Rule! Ballots Drool!

[Cosmic Kitten]

119. yawn

[MineralMan]

124. I hope you have a nice nap.

I didn't get one today. They're important for old farts like me, but I had to work,thanks to GWB.

[NYC Liberal]

123. I'll take the scientific poll over Facebook likes — any day.

Guess what? I follow Sanders on Facebook. But I'm sure as hell not voting for him in the primary next April. I have a number of Hillary-supporting friends who also follow Sanders on Facebook.

That right there is why Facebook "likes" are meaningless and have no relevance.

[Starry Messenger]

125. The Bernie 2016 page only has 914k as of today.

https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders

You guys better get busy.

[Tommy2Tone]

126. Leading in Facebook losing by 40 points in the real world

What are you going to do when Bernie is over?