Study: Republicans More Quoted than Democrats, McCain Most Popular

NEWSMAX:  …Republicans are especially dominating social media, with McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona, leading the way. Throughout the first half of the 2012 year, McCain was the subject of more than twice as many news stories as opposing Democrats.

In fact, Republicans genuinely seem more popular, holding 8 out of 10 slots for most mentioned political figure. Republican GOP senators had 5,894 stories revolving around them, compared to the 2,672 stories for Democrats…

Third and fourth are the only two Democrats in the ranks: Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, the senate majority leader, and former presidential candidate John Kerry, the senator from Massachusetts. The fifth through tenth rankings don’t range in party, and are exclusively Republican…  (more)

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