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Stepping up to the GOP nomination
To win the nomination, a candidate needs more than half of the 2,286 delegates. In recent years, a clear winner typically emerged early in the race, reducing the importance of the delegate count. This year, because of how the GOP allocated delegates, the race remains tight.

To win the nomination, a candidate needs more than half of the 2,286 delegates. In recent years, a clear winner typically emerged early in the race, reducing the importance of the delegate count. This year, because of how the GOP allocated delegates, the race remains tight.

staff:

Tumblr Insights: Election 2012 Report

With the U.S. presidential campaign already off to a roaring start, news from the Republican primary contests has been a major topic across Tumblr. As we near another crescendo in Florida, we were curious how the campaign—from the numerous debates and rallies, to election ads and gaffes—has played out so far in terms of the type and quantity of attention received by each candidate on Tumblr.

The first graph shows how frequently each candidate’s name appeared in posts. The second shows other tags most frequently associated with each candidate. We’re most impressed with the viral power of one creative concept blog: When Rick Perry’s Unpopular Opinions sprang up as a parody of one of Perry’s campaign videos, he easily became the most blogged candidate overnight.

Our Insights team will be bringing you more data as the campaigns progress!

kohenari:

It seems President Obama knows I love infographics.

Here’s one that his campaign staffers put together after last night’s riveting GOP debate …

Personally, I love the prominence of “hogwash,” “Donald Trump,” “dog food,” and “cook you dinner.” Oh — and “Christmas with Elvis.”

The GOP definitely knows what’s on my mind right about now.

Twitter Mashup for 2012 Elections

Programmer Adam Green can already see the impact of Twitter on the 2012 U.S. presidential primaries and general election. “Having an active base on Twitter may not be a requirement for success,” Green said, “But it will be a huge advantage to anyone who does.” Using the Twitter API, Green collaborated with his son, Zachary, to create a site to visualize tweets, mentions and retweets of potential candidates.

smartpress:

In a Brookings Insitution survey of 1,000 Millenials - the generation otherwise known as Echo Boomers and Generation Y - about their political leanings and policy priorities, an even number of those identifying as Democrats and Republicans agreed that reducing oil dependence is an important issue.

In the words of GOOD Culture Editor Cord Jefferson, whose mag conceptualized the data in a nifty slideshow: “Message to a smart politician: Oil independence is a good platform from which to work.” We think what he meant to say is that weaning our country off of oil is a good platform - at least that’s our interpretation of the data. But it’s an interesting look at what’s driving the political leaders of tomorrow.

Health Sector Contributions by Party (1990-2008)

From the 1990 election cycle to the 2008 election cycle the health sector contributed over $829 million to candidates for federal office and political parties. Read the full blog post

A Web Of GOP Influence

These groups style themselves as independent, grass-roots organizations, though they are tightly interconnected. The network is behind a slew of campaign ads this fall.

From the 2010 election cycle.

Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts

House leaders are unfortunately restricting their proposed budget cuts for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 to nonsecurity discretionary spending in an attempt to tame a $1.3 trillion deficit. This approach is especially shortsighted since the Federal Treasury loses twice as much revenue due to tax breaks than Congress appropriates on all nonsecurity discretionary spending.