Bluefin Labs counted just over 530,000 social media comments on Super Tuesday night, and Twitter said the event set a record for the election season. "In just the hour between 6pm and 7pm PT, there were nearly 40,000 Tweets referencing Rick Santorum. In fact, this is a new 2012 Election Twitter record," the company explains in a blog post. "Our previous highest candidate spike belonged to Newt Gingrich, on the day he won the South Carolina Primary."
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Super Tuesday sets tweet record for 2012 election
Bluefin Labs counted just over 530,000 social media comments on Super Tuesday night, and Twitter said the event set a record for the election season. "In just the hour between 6pm and 7pm PT, there were nearly 40,000 Tweets referencing Rick Santorum. In fact, this is a new 2012 Election Twitter record," the company explains in a blog post. "Our previous highest candidate spike belonged to Newt Gingrich, on the day he won the South Carolina Primary."
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