Struggle for votes on social networks

Presidential candidates have been unwilling to lag behind in the heyday of the social networks and develop a struggle to win over voters regulars at the use of electronic means to obtain information and express themselves.

For this remain a team climbing information of political activities and proposals for Government. Also struggling to turn in "Trending topics" or global and national trends the names of their candidates and issues against their opponents.

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Party of the liberation Dominican (LDP), Margarita Fernández Cedeño, leads the social network Twitter @ margaritacdf with 54,158 followers, followed by the presidential candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Hipólito Mejía, who has with 31,090 followers in your account @ llegopapa.

The presidential candidate of the LDP, Danilo Medina, has 20,093 fans in your account @ DaniloMedina, followed by the 5th President u000aRepublic, the former Minister of the armed forces, retired general Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, which has accumulated 18,127 followers at @ sotojimenezv. Guillermo Moreno, presidential candidate of Alliance country, has 9,592 fans in your address @ MorenoGuillermo. The Vice Presidential candidate of the PRD, Luis Abinader, of recent integration into Twitter, featuring 3,232 followers.

Max Puig, presidential candidate of the Alliance for democracy, has 764 fans in @ Max_ Puig; while Eduardo Estrella, presidential candidate of Dominicans by change, adds 599 followers at @ Eduardo_DxC.

Ismael Reyes, presidential candidate of the institutional Democratic Party (PDI), has 490 fans in your account @ IsmaelReyesPDI; Julián Serulle, candidate of the Frente Amplio by national dignity has 351 followers in the account @ JulianSerulle. Luis Acosta Moreta, of the Christian Democratic Union (UDC), has 122 fans.

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Least contact:In the popular social network Facebook, the number of followers they have candidates is higher than its followers in Twitter.

Danilo Medina, presidential candidate of the LDP, tops the list with 115,408 fans, followed by the presidential candidate of the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party, Hipólito Mejía, who has 78,420 fans or followers.

The first lady and vice presidential candidate of the LDP, Margarita Fernández Cedeño has 9,041 fans on his official Facebook page. In this social network contact with supporters and political leaders is limited with its candidates, and less direct because they often do not have access and are not subject to a chat. The pages are used with a standard of web portal which is limited to upload information, photos, videos and links to interviews and activities political candidates and parties. This space is used for more propaganda than of u000ainteraction with virtual voters. Duplication and dispersal of pages is notorious.

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