Facebook popularity of potential 2012 Candidates

[Phony Moderate]

(The pages/groups with the highest number of members for each single candidate are stated)

Mitt Romney for President 2012 - 23,260 members
Sarah Palin 2012 - 14,923 members
Mike Huckabee for President 2012! - 27,034 members
Newt Gingrich 2012 - 629 members
Rick Santorum 2012 - 110 people like this
Pawlenty 2012 - 1,436 people like this
Ron Paul 2012 - 23,180 people like this
Gary Johnson for President 2012 - 2,705 members
Rudy Giuliani 2012 - 378 members
John Thune for President, 2012 - 779 members
BOBBY JINDAL FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012! - 8,588 members
Mike Pence for President 2012 - 476 members
Mitch Daniels for President 2012!!! - 169 people like this
Eric Cantor for Presient 2012 - 19 members

[Yelnoc]

Here is that list in order of candidates with the most fans/members to least

Mike Huckabee for President 2012! - 27,034 members
Mitt Romney for President 2012 - 23,260 members
Ron Paul 2012 - 23,180 people like this
Sarah Palin 2012 - 14,923 members
BOBBY JINDAL FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012! - 8,588 members
Gary Johnson for President 2012 - 2,705 members
Pawlenty 2012 - 1,436 people like this
John Thune for President, 2012 - 779 members
Newt Gingrich 2012 - 629 members
Mike Pence for President 2012 - 476 members
Rudy Giuliani 2012 - 378 members
Mitch Daniels for President 2012!!! - 169 people like this
Rick Santorum 2012 - 110 people like this
Eric Cantor for Presient 2012 - 19 members

[Mr. Morden]

Also, the anti-Romney dog "Rusty Mutt" has 5 friends:

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and 32 followers on Twitter:

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[useful idiot]

That's only taking into account pages that have "in 2012" in the title. If you take the official pages then the numbers are much higher. Sarah Palin's official page has 1,618,445 members, Ron Paul's has 212,216. Mitt has 363,551, Huck has 235,742.

The most surprising thing to me is that John Thune has 69,173 fans on FB, I think the name recognition factor won't prove to be that big of a deal considering he's starting from that point.

[King]

The most surprising thing to me is that John Thune has 69,173 fans on FB, I think the name recognition factor won't prove to be that big of a deal considering he's starting from that point.

Thune gets interviewed quite a bit by CNN and FOX. Him and Amy Klobuchar (10,881--also solid for a no-name junior Senator) seem to be the friendliest and easiest to book.  While most Americans don't know of him, a good amount of casual conservative TV viewers do to get a decent Facebook following.