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The Weinergate Effect of Congressional Tweet Frequency

The 'Weinergate' Effect on Congressional Tweet Frequency Stats compiled by tweetcongress.org and include data from May 9th to June 8th, excluding weekends (for inactivity). Tweets by Date & Party 15,383 369 MAY 9 193 68 MAY 10 218 Tweets from May 8th to June 8th 525 MAY 11 284 518 MAY 12 274 REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS 10,846 TWEETS 371 MAY 13 155 4,537 TWEETS 440 MAY 16 155 232 ACTIVE MEMBERS 168 ACTIVE MEMBERS 453 MAY 17 187 549 MAY 18 205 **** * ** 534 MAY 19 228 592 MAY 20 162 411 MAY 23 173 2,868 2,104: 577 237 1,182: week of week of MAY 24 May 23 May 23 560 MAY 25 323 843 May 30th week of week of May 30th 910 MAY 26 240 127% 129% 410 MAY 27 209 WEINERGATE 191 MAY 30 88 BEGINS 425 MAY 31 151 MAY 8 512 JUNE 01 217 466 JUNE 2 195 29.5% 510 JUNE 3 192 70.5% 338 JUNE 6 120 415 JUNE 7 162 JUN 8 302 JUNE 8 169 Frequency Percentage MAY 27 11:30pm: Representative Anthony Weiner tweets the now infamous photo to a woman in Seattle. MAY 27 11:35pm: Rep. Weiner deletes the tweet and posts that his account was hacked. MAY 28 Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart posts the image to his website, BigGovernement.com and uses a screen cap of TweetCongress.org to show the offending tweet. MAY 30 Mr. Weiner tells CNN “I was hacked. It happens to people, you move on'" Twitter Activity During the Scandal JUNE In interviews with MSNBC, Congressman Weiner says that he "cannot say with certitude" that the image is not of him. 1 JUNE Using data from TweetCongress.org, TheDaily.com reports that the tweet containing the image was posted from Tweetdeck, the same app the Congressman had been using that night. On The Today Show, Andrew Breitbart claims to have additional 'x-rated' images of Anthony Weiner and demands an apology. JUNE JUNE 6. Rep. Weiner holds a press conference where he admits to online affairs with 6 women, and that the images are in fact him. Dem. VS. Rep. Breakdown Sources: TweetCongress.org, ABC News, CNN Congress. Tweet TweetCongress is a public service of Idea-Loop. idealoop tweetcongress.org I idea-loop.com

The Weinergate Effect of Congressional Tweet Frequency

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This infographic shows the number of congressional politicians who Tweet and breaks it down by Democrat and Republican tweeters. It also provides a timeline of event that

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