The weekend was a busy time for the GOP contenders in real life — and in the Twitterverse. Here’s a breakdown of the mentions each candidate got:
We can see that Mitt has a slight advantage over Rick Santorum, with Newt in third and Ron Paul in distant fourth (I thought the Ron Paul supporters were more vocal than that?)
The top 20 hashtags mentioned in the posts are:
| hashtag | total |
| #tcot | 13,726 |
| #Santorum | 9,384 |
| #Romney | 9,014 |
| #250gas | 8,251 |
| #withNewt | 8,038 |
| #Newt | 6,475 |
| #GOP | 5,560 |
| #teaparty | 4,732 |
| #AL | 4,694 |
| #MS | 4,459 |
| #RonPaul | 4,000 |
| #OBAMA | 2,624 |
| #Gingrich | 2,359 |
| #tlot | 2,166 |
| #MSGOP | 2,086 |
| #ALGop | 2,085 |
| #GOP2012 | 2,009 |
| #KS | 1,983 |
| #p2 | 1,904 |
| #mitt2012 | 1,662 |
#tcot is for “top conservatives on twitter”. Interesting that the #Santorum hash tag gets slightly more play than the #Romney one does!