Twitter Gap Widens Against 2012 Republicans

The Twitter gap uncovered here two months ago has only widened, with Barack Obama adding three followers in the last two months for every one new Republican follower.

Candidate	Followers on 6/15/2011	Followers on 8/15/2011
Barack Obama	8,628,273	9,654,446
Newt Gingrich	1,324,904	1,327,013
Sarah Palin	561,050	632,179
Jim DeMint	95,266	110,421
Michele Bachmann	52,100	75,731
Mitt Romney	51,580	71,882
Rick Perry	44,438	62,895
Ron Paul	54,455	61,763
Herman Cain	43,542	58,164
Thaddeus McCotter	-	19,726
Rick Santorum	10,529	17,424
Jon Huntsman	704	11,875
Donald Trump	615,671	686,929
Mike Huckabee	165,040	183,523
Mike Bloomberg	99,413	132,520
Paul Ryan	59,094	72,073
Bobby Jindal	59,598	61,530
Chris Christie	42,041	50,832
Tim Pawlenty	40,981	48,992
Jeb Bush	14,937	17,263
Total Republican Followers	3,335,343	3,702,735

Mitt Romney, the erstwhile Republican frontrunner, is merely in the middle of the pack. Meanwhile, Ron Paul as fallen three notches. Thaddeus McCotter debuts higher than the hapless Rick Sontorum and the phantom Jon Huntsman.

Newt Gingrich is an interesting case. Everyone wants to hear what he has to say but no one wants to vote for him.