Jesse Scheckner
On X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, it’s Vivek Ramaswamy — not Ron DeSantis — that most states are excited about before and after Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate.
Sports wagering site BetOnline mapped geotagged data from X over the past 24 hours, tracking hashtags of the eight Republican candidate who participated in the debate — #Vivek2024, #DeSantis2024 and #Pence2024, for example — in every state.
More than 100,000 X posts were tracked. The resultant map shows Ramaswamy is the most popular among all GOP presidential candidates not including Donald Trump, who skipped the debate.
Ramaswamy earned the most attention in 27 states, as opposed to just 17 for Florida’s Governor.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley notched both her home state and North Carolina. Former Vice President Mike Pence did the same with his home state of Indiana and Mississippi.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie only captured the attention of the states where they were born, raised and took elected office.
Meanwhile, neither U.S. Sen. Tim Scott nor former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson proved popular enough on the platform to “win” any state.
The surging popularity on X of Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur, tracks with recent national polls showing him rising in esteem among the GOP electorate while DeSantis stagnates.
That includes figures from two polls released last week that placed Ramaswamy behind Trump, the field’s dominating but legally compromised frontrunner, with DeSantis slipping to third in the race.
A post-debate poll released Thursday also shows the two in a statistical tie, with registered GOP voters who watched the two-hour telecast giving Ramaswamy’s onstage performance a single percentage point higher grade than DeSantis.
Poll-aggregating site FiveThirtyEight shows DeSantis polling at 15%, Ramaswamy at 10% and Trump dominating with close to 52% support as of Thursday.
8 comments
Earl Pitts "The Ronald's Un-Official Campaign Manager' American
August 24, 2023 at 8:09 pm
Good evening America,
Here at the highly trusted Earl Pitts American Fan Club’s Political Science Division we have found that 85% more Dook 4 Brains Leftys will scream at the sky constantly under Desantis than under Apu Ramaswamy.
Which means The Ronald will be 85% better for America and the world than Apu.
Thank you America,
EPA
Earl Pitts is a Pedophile
August 24, 2023 at 10:12 pm
Grab the gun you keep in your nightstand and shoot yourself in the head, pedophile.
PeterH
August 24, 2023 at 8:30 pm
Ramaswamy will never be president! He’s in the glow of his 15 minutes of fame!
Tropical
August 24, 2023 at 11:36 pm
Neither one would ever get my vote.
Neither one should ever have that much power.
Ocean Joe
August 25, 2023 at 5:30 am
If Desantis is now trailing Ramasmarmy it proves once and for all that Republican voters deliberately pick the worst possible candidates, with Trump at the top, Vivek and Desantis.
Nikki Haley mopped the floor with all 3 of them but stands no chance with the GOP voters.
Michael K
August 25, 2023 at 10:22 am
Agreed. Republicans would never elect a woman who is smart, articulate, and reasonable.
Come to think of it, Little D reminds me of Sarah Palin, but without personality, humor or lipstick. We’ve heard all that Ron has to say. After flaming out, I predict he will return to Florida, resign, and take a lucrative media contract somewhere other than Fox. Or, appoint himself as president of FSU with a $1 million salary like his buddy Corcoran.
Earl Pitts "America's GO-TO Political Guru"American
August 25, 2023 at 11:37 am
Goot Motntimg America,
Yeah America I, Earl Pitts American, get the facination many of you Dook 4 Brains RINO’s & LEFTY’s get from a “something new” candidate.
I laughed at your Daddies fawning over Ross Perot back in the 1980’s, Even prior to the 1980’s your grand daddies were throwing their votes away on Ralph Nader and Pat Paulson (google those names you Dook 4 Brains youngsters).
Now here comes Apu Ramaswamy wanting your “Clown & Fool Vote”.
Now If manageing a 24/7 Mini-Mart, as Apu did in “The Simpsons” was an important skill for the next POTUS than I, Earl Pitts American, would be standing in line with you to board “The Clown & Fool Train” and cast my vote for Apu Ramaswamy too.
“Wake Up America”
*queue anoyingly loud USA PATRIOTIC MUSIC to whizz off all the Clown & Fool voters*
Earl Pitts American
My Take
August 26, 2023 at 6:47 am
Ramenswampy has, I believe, promiseď to fire three-quarters of the federal civil servce if eleçted.
Any ideas who is to stay?
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