"The News is Not So Great for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul"; He Has Terrible Echoes

Say what?

I thought Rand was the master of social media and was going to use it to build a GOP "Big Bunker."

But apparently not so. According to the latest, on the social media front, Grandma Hillary is blowing away the co-founder of Aqua Buddha.

Politico reports:

Of all the declared presidential candidates, the messages from Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz appear to resonate the most.

That’s according to a new report by George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management and Zignal Labs, called the Public Echoes of Rhetoric in America Project, or PEORIA — a reference to the “old vaudeville and marketing phrase about how well messages ‘play in Peoria,’ and everywhere else,” said George Washington University associate Michael Cornfield in an announcement...

Clinton was far and away the leader, racking up 4.8 million campaign website shares, compared with 2.5 million for Cruz. Words that came up frequently with Clinton included “champion,” “everyday” and “Americans,” which researchers point to as a sign that her messaging might be sticking...

The news is not so great for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who had the worst echoes in net sentiment when it came to their respective announcements.

Professors calculated those figures by subtracting the percentage of mentions scored positive from the percentage of mentions scored negative, according to Zignal’s algorithm. Paul’s overall sentiment fell by 13.6 percent, and Huckabee’s by 14.8 percent.

In fairness to Rand, maybe he is strong on mobile with Al Sharpton-following Republican Iowa primary voters, which GWU probably hasn't picked up because GWU doesn't know the slang in the hood when blacks text out about self-proclaimed big dick white politicians. Yeah that's it.

-RW