Republicans Tweet But Are Enough People Listening?

The Twitter gap may reflect the general lack of enthusiasm for the Republican 2012 candidates. Aside from gadfly Newt Gingrich, not many people are following what the Republicans have to say.

Candidate	Followers on 6/15/2011	Followers on 8/15/2011	Followers on 10/15/2011
Barack Obama	8,628,273	9,654,446	10,576,757
Newt Gingrich	1,324,904	1,327,013	1,334,848
Mitt Romney	51,580	71,882	134,459
Herman Cain	43,542	58,164	118,117
Michele Bachmann	52,100	75,731	104,362
Rick Perry	44,438	62,895	96,509
Ron Paul	54,455	61,763	70,778
Jon Huntsman	704	11,875	41,107
Rick Santorum	10,529	17,424	32,059
Gary Johnson	-	-	14,113
Donald Trump	615,671	686,929	802,054
Sarah Palin	561,050	632,179	677,857
Mike Huckabee	165,040	183,523	185,516
Mike Bloomberg	99,413	132,520	174,137
Jim DeMint	95,266	110,421	112,931
Paul Ryan	59,094	72,073	81,203
Chris Christie	42,041	50,832	68,657
Bobby Jindal	59,598	61,530	64,196
Tim Pawlenty	40,981	48,992	55,508
Thaddeus McCotter	-	19,726	27,477
Jeb Bush	14,937	17,263	19,864
Total Republican Followers	3,335,343	3,702,735	4,215,752

The problem for Newt Gingrich is that everyone wants to hear what he has to say but no one wants to vote for him. Mitt Romney moved up one spot while Herman Cain moved up three slots. Rick Santorum dropped a notch to seoond-to-last place. Almost forgot about Gary Johnson.