Senate Candidates Count Cyber Friends in Social Media Campaigns
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In Florida’s three-way U.S. Senate race, poll numbers aren’t all that is going Marco Rubio’s way. The Republican nominee also has the most “friends.”
On his Facebook page, Rubio’s 128,800 followers far surpass those for Democratic rival Kendrick Meek and Governor Charlie Crist, who is seeking the Senate seat as an independent. The combined number of Facebook friends for Crist and Meek is about 51,600.