(CNN) – On the eve of the Massachusetts special election Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Republican candidate has dramatically more followers on social networks than the Democratic candidate.
As of Monday morning, Republican Scott Brown has 76,538 fans on his Facebook page. With polls opening in less than 24 hours, Democrat Martha Coakley has 14,441 fans.
On Twitter, Brown has 10,187 followers compared to Coakley's 3,514 followers. The total uploaded views for Brown's YouTube videos are 578,271 versus 51,173 for Coakley.
Last Friday, CNN asked the Coakley campaign why they were not running any Google ads, compared to the Brown campaign which has shown an aggressive strategy for advertising on the popular search engine. Campaign spokesperson Alex Zaroulis responded in an e-mail that they were focusing on social networks: "We are running an aggressive online campaign – from the blogosphere to e-mail to facebook and twitter."
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Remember the Boston Massacre! Remember Lexington and Concord! Remember the Boston Tea Party! (the REAL one)Massachusetts gave birth to the United States, and if they elect the republican trying desperately to drag us back into the black pit of the Bush years, Massachusetts will kill it! We are just beginning to recover from the eight-year nightmare of republican mismanagement. What sane person would send us back there? Coakley's defeat will spell the end, not only of health care reform, but any progress toward containing climate change,which will mean the rest of the world goes down, too! The world is counting on the people of Massachusetts to vote wisely.
who would have thunk that this close of a race could even be possible in, of all places, MA? the talking heads on TV who continue to assert that this race is not a referendum on the president are doing their jobs well, but truth is that they are wrong. if this race was happening in any other place at any other time they may have a point, but this is not the case. this is in MA. this is for a seat that was held by a Kennedy. this comes at the heels of the escalating healthcare push. and independents are breaking hard for the republican, who previously voted for the president. this is a referendum.
OK, lets look at the worst case scenario – Brown wins. We have a year and a half of the party of NO keeping the Senate from being able to do anything. This means that Joe Lieberman is now less than useless to Harry Reid and the Democrats. This will give him the excuse he needs to fire the self-serving mook from our state from his Chairmanship.
Do the people in MA really think with a break in the Senate the Republicans will get after the banks and get proper health care for the American people -NOT.
The Dems should be sending out job applications.
I wouldn't vote for Brown.
I'm tired of Insurance companies dropping kids and older people because of pre-existing conditions. Maybe if his family had health problems he wouldn't be so quick to support insurance companies that raise rates all the time.
That last quote by the Coakley campaign spokesman highlights 2 things. How completely out of touch she is with the voters of the state. And how poorly her campaign has been run. Vote Scott Brown on January 19th!
We are on the eve of change we can truly believe in..... and the beginning of the end of Obama-Reid-Pelosi absolute tyranny.
CLEARLY what is happening in this special election proves the the people do NOT want Obama's liberal agenda pushed through. The fact that Brown is doing this well in such a liberal state speaks volumes. I believe the only way the Democrat will win is if the polling sites are not watched very carefully or if the voter machines/computers are tampered with or malfunctioning (as was reported in New York's 23 district where a Democrat "won" for the first time in over 100 years}.
CLEARLY what is happening in this special election proves that the people do NOT want Obama's liberal agenda pushed through. The fact that Brown is doing this well in such a liberal state speaks volumes. I believe the only way the Democrat will win is if the polling sites are not watched very carefully or if the voter machines/computers are tampered with or malfunctioning (as was reported in New York's 23 district where a Democrat "won" for the first time in over 100 years}.
OK..But how many of them are Massachusetts voters. The Democrats in MA enjoy a 3 to 1 advantage in registered voters.
The President serve just a few months in the congress then he runs for the Presidency,he received a salary for many months doing nothing for the position which he runs for,can I do that at my job?I don't think so.
the corrupted Washington and the representative should be out in this coming election this including the Kennedy replacement.
Congress and the Senate should be replaced with younger representatives and get rid of all those who sits their and don' their names since thy are suffering from Dementia.
Go Scott Go!
Because of Obama, I lost my job October, 2008, just before the election. Because of Obama, I took up drugs and alcohol because he extended my unemployment benefits, and I did not need to work. I have now lost my health insurance, thanks to Obama.
IF this guys does get elected I hope he is the ONE REPUBLICAN that actually votes for the people... not for the party. I believe that would make him more of a true "elected official" and not just a puppet for the Party.
The GOP already has plenty of them. It's time to end this "for the Party" attitude. America as the UNITED States is at stake here, not just for party control. Get it together, losers.
There's a big difference. If you look at each candidate's Facebook page, most of Brown's "fans" are out of state, whereas most of Coakley's are from here in MA.
Seriously, I had a hard time finding fans from MA on Brown's page. I am sure they are there, but you need to take into account the proportion of MA residents following each candidate, because if they're not in MA, they have no vote, and are therefore a bit less relevant.
What is does show is national conservative interest in the race.
Brown has definitelyncaptured the centerfold crowd, which is something Coakley could not do.
The party of morals...Yeah right..This guys bares it all and you support him..What a sad world !
Fiddling around with your cellphone and actually geeting off your duff and voting are two different things. We'll see,
Would be a SHAME if another member of the party of "NO" would be elected !!! Please Democrats, don't let it happen !!! Unite and go vote tomorrow for Coakley and keep alive the reasons that we put the GOP out !!! Let's move foward not backwords !!! real conservatives don't have nude pictures in magazines, this guy is a perfect "dandi" ( french word for a person that's only good looking but no substance). Come on MA, vote Democrat !!!
Brown has an advantage; he has nude pictures of himself all over the internet. Driving all Log Cabin Republicans crazy!
Sarah Palin considers that porn, therefore Brown is a pornographer.
It angers me how the Massachusets democrats fought so hard in the
election to unseat the Republicans and now are going to just hand
control right back over to them.
GET OUT AND VOTE MA DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don't let the Republicans slither their way back in.
Get out and VOTE.
What's wrong with Massachusset's Democrats?
VOTE!
Scott Brown is in touch with the true America - people who want freedom and liberty.
Coakley is in lockstep with the liberals - all they want is to control your lives. They're marxists masquerading as Democrats.
Go Scott go!
Martha should officially change her name to Croakley after Tuesday!
This means absolutely nothing. The RNC is probably adding a bunch of friends to Mr. Brown's friend list.
Look under the hood of that red truck.
We want to go forward, not backward.
Dems, get out and vote.
Like it or not democrats. This is a referendum on obama’s policies. Even Scott brown don’t win and the votes are close is an eye opener for the country and Massachusetts.
And we have up to this point been instructed by the state media that the God King Obama was in complete control of this "au ma-durn" technology and the people would bow before his feet out of love for him. CNN and other state run outlets are on the losing side of history.
For the people of Massachusetts, the rest of the country's under insured and uninsured are hoping you come to your sences and do not hand over a win to medical corporate insurers. 45,000,000 people need your help in not electing Mr Brown whos in the hands of the biggest money machines in the nation. Think with your hearts and vote for the welfare of the country.
"We are running an aggressive online campaign – from the blogosphere to e-mail to facebook and twitter."
OK, OK, OK but that is not enough! Wait and witness what it means by being well organised. The Dems have an experience on this!
Here we go again! Our memories are so incredibly short lived. Please, to the good people of Massachusetts, please don't put a guy who is in lockstep with the party that nearly destroyed us in a spot where he has a say in your future, as well as the rest of ours'. The Republicans are no longer the party of Lincoln or Eisenhower. They have legalized corporate and Wall Street greed to the point where it nearly destroyed us. Please, don't forget this. We're not even out of the woods yet.
Bet old Teddy is really rolling in his grave about now.
If Brown does win, which it looks like he will, it makes one wonder if Ted Kennedy was really representing his constituents.
Old man McCain blew it with the internet, Brown is a a lot smarter than he and unlike Martha, he can spell Massachusetts.
Say goodnight Martha.
Coakley has foot in mouth disease. Brown seems fresh and jovial. Coakley seems like Pelosi-lite....
Send a message! Restore balance in congress!! Young People For Brown!!
the end of Obamacare...the end of socialism......the end of big spending and big taxes......out with all incumbents who do not listen to the people.....
Obama is ONE and DONE.
As a Democrat, I'm shaking my head. How can a party that is so disorgnaized in its ability to run an election, expect people to trust we can make decisions about their lives. Possibly losing Massachusetts? Are you kidding?!
This may be a vote agianst national policy, but from what iI see , it's also a sign of arrogance o the part of thr candidate. Shame on you Coakely and your campaign. The last thing we need is Republicnas blocking every piece of legislation.
The irony is, if they win now, they may not win in the fall. People will see just how they will tie up the process.
Scott Brown looks like he wopuld be a good Senator, I hope he wins.
And that my friends is how a Democrat will lose Ted's seat to a Republican. Of course if he follows the party line, he will probably not survive one term in office. He represents the smallest percentage of conservatives in the country.