Rand Paul vs Ted Cruz on Social Media

WaPo reports:

By the numbers: Paul's announcement generated 1.9 million interactions -- likes, shares, comments -- from 865,000 unique users on Facebook, more than ten times the 90-day average of about 67,000 users chatting about Paul. By contrast, Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) announcement generated about 5.7 million interactions from 2.2 million unique users.