How Hillary Clinton the Democratic Front Runner won the weekend on social media

[William769]

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures before speaking to supporters Saturday, June 13, 2015, on Roosevelt Island in New York, in a speech promoted as her formal presidential campaign debut. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Hillary Clinton won the weekend on social media, successfully using her official campaign kickoff speech Saturday in New York to frame the conversation on her terms.

According to an analysis by Zignal Labs, The Washington Post’s campaign analytics partner, 59 percent of all 2016 chatter during the weekend was about her. That means three out of every five stories or posts written about any presidential contender mentioned the former secretary of State. By comparison, the week prior, she commanded just 20 percent.



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[leftofcool]

1. Awesome!

[CherokeeDem]

2. The campaign is planning well....

Wonderful to see her have such great coverage!

[William769]

4. Agreed.

[Iliyah]

3. The younger generation is more social media savvy

Seniors in most part still watches corporate media. I'll say "in between" both more equally.

Kick!

[William769]

5. Social media is draggging me into thier web

I'm going kicking & screaming, but I'm going. I have had a twitter account for about a year. I can send a tweet, but retweeting or adding to someone else's tweet? I'm clueless!

[sheshe2]

6. Our Democratic Front Runner!

[Thinkingabout]

7. Now, they want to be like Hillary, they are following her speech and trying to recreate it as

Their own. First on the trail about voters rights, now others have joined, talked about immigration now others wants a pathway to citizenship, concerns about income inequality and others are jumping in. She is a leader for sure.

[William769]

8. Ain't that the truth!

Yet Some here will Hillary the Democratic Frontrunner is only trying to play catch up. There are so many "Alice in Wonderland" rabbit holes in GD, one can only laugh at them.

[stonecutter357]

9. K&R!

[mcar]

10. I was impressed by the youth and diversity

of the crowd at Saturday's event.

[Cha]

11. I knew Hillary would be a Success! And, it was.. look at all the brilliant pics that were taken too

EarlG http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6827514

And, best of all.. her heartfelt speech!

[4dsc]

12. More enthusiasm with a Sanders crowd though

I attend the Hillary event is Des Moines on Saterday and attended a Sanders rally too. Sanders wins hands down when it comes to specific ideas and crowd enthusiasm. I think most people at the Clinton rally just wanted to look and gaze at Hillary.

[SunSeeker]

13. She looked and sounded fantastic!