A video circulating today shows a voter attempting to cast a vote for Barack Obama, but the ballot is selecting Mitt Romney. Is this video real or a hoax? … Read entire article »

Looking at raw daily numbers, we’ve already noted that Presidential hopefuls Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are making significant strides over the past two weeks. Another interesting way to analyze the data among the GOP field is to compare each candidate’s running 7-day average of new social media followers (Twitter and Facebook), and how that average has changed over recent weeks. We begin with each candidate’s 7-day average beginning on October 24 (that is, their … Read entire article »

The GOP candidates squared off in a debate on November 9, in an event hosted by CNBC. We’ll leave the “who won” and “who lost” debates to the political analysts, but what we can analyze with absolute certainty is which candidate picked up the most new social media followers in the hours after the debate. Further, by comparing last night’s gains with those from the previous debate, we can determine some momentum among the candidates, … Read entire article »

Maybe we’re just a little cynical here, but could Rick Perry be pullling a trick out of Herman Cain’s book? When Rick Perry delivered his now infamous “drunk” speech, he must have known it would make headlines. Let the headlines simmer, wait until it starts to boil, and then take the lid off… the 2011 recipe for success, GOP style. What is it we’re saying here, you ask? The digging up of old sexual harassment charges against … Read entire article »

Below is the official statement by Jon Huntsman, entitled “Why I’m Boycotting Nevada in Favor of New Hampshire.” Here at Waffles, we have a certain affinity for Nevada because we live here! The spoiled rich kid mentality of New Hampshire’s first in the nation status has already been covered in a previous post. What we’d like to do today is respond – point-by-point – to the letter published by Jon Huntsman, as he pathetically panders to New … Read entire article »

For the second straight debate, Mitt Romney dominated the banter with the most words spoken in the event held in Las Vegas on October 18 with just over 25% of all words spoken by the seven candidates. Rick Santorum, who ranked 6th in words spoken in the prior debate, increased his visibility with the second-most words at 14.41%, though still far behind Romney.  Sheer number of words spoken by any given candidate doesn’t necessarily mean … Read entire article »

It’s common the day after a debate to see commentary and analysis of “who won” or polls to gauge voter reaction. We thought it’d be interesting to measure the immediate social media reaction to the GOP debate held in Las Vegas on October 18, 2011 by looking at which candidates had the biggest increase in their social media following. We achieved this by measuring the number of Twitter and Facebook followers each candidate had prior … Read entire article »