This is an experiement to see which candidates are winning the social media battle in swing ridings that were won by less than 5% in 2008 as identified by swing33.ca.
The table below shows how many Twitter followers each candidate has, beside that number is the growth rate of followers week over week. The cells marked green are the candidates with the most followers, the cells with a grey "incu" icon are the incumbents.
Twitter Prediction
- NDP
3 ridings - Liberal 3 ridings
- Green 1 ridings
- Conservative
-7 ridings
| riding name | prov | edid | alt tag | cpc | lpc | ndp | gpc | most growth | prediction | winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton West | on | 35008 | 526 73.3% | 143 21% | 10 60% | conservative | ||||
| Brampton—Springdale | on | 35007 | 1172 37.3% | 52 100% | 82 100% | green | ||||
| Burnaby—Douglas | bc | 59002 | 95 43.2% | 0 0% | 1638 100% | ndp | ||||
| Edmonton—Sherwood Park | ab | 48016 | 1711 0% | 261 22.7% | 191 37.5% | ndp | ||||
| Edmonton—Strathcona | ab | 48018 | #yegstrath | 1853 9.8% | 78 0% | 4608 25.6% | 302 11.4% | ndp | ||
| Eglinton—Lawrence | on | 35019 | #eglaw | 1757 39.6% | 180 100% | green | ||||
| Egmont | pe | 11003 | 802 100% | 503 30.3% | conservative | |||||
| Elmwood—Transcona | mb | 46005 | 212 36.9% | liberal | ||||||
| Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca | bc | 59008 | 757 17.8% | 478 36.1% | 1286 72% | 710 100% | green | |||
| Guelph | on | 35027 | 39 74.1% | 614 100% | green | |||||
| Kitchener Centre | on | 35037 | #kitcen | 1849 5.5% | 2 0% | 1527 17.1% | 498 100% | green | ||
| Kitchener—Waterloo | on | 35039 | #kitwat | 2499 20.3% | 538 20.6% | 310 83.6% | 782 34.9% | ndp | ||
| London West | on | 35044 | #ldnwest | 1388 0% | 1369 11.7% | 166 40% | 84 100% | green | ||
| Malpeque | pe | 11004 | 111 100% | 2945 19.1% | 50 41.7% | conservative | ||||
| Mississauga South | on | 35050 | 126 100% | 175 61.2% | conservative | |||||
| Mississauga—Erindale | on | 35049 | 102 71.1% | conservative | ||||||
| Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | nb | 13007 | 260 63.9% | 202 27.3% | 38 100% | green | ||||
| New Westminster—Coquitlam | bc | 59017 | 877 31.4% | 167 5.1% | 2569 21.1% | conservative | ||||
| North Vancouver | bc | 59019 | 743 44.7% | 1230 37.4% | 88 34.2% | conservative | ||||
| Oak Ridges—Markham | on | 35059 | 1763 16.2% | 118 32.5% | 46 57.1% | 313 22.6% | ndp | |||
| Parkdale—High Park | on | 35068 | #parkhp | 120 63.5% | 7347 43.6% | 101 70.5% | green | |||
| Saanich—Gulf Islands | bc | 59024 | #saanichgulfislands | 367 47% | 498 35% | 42342 33.1% | liberal | |||
| Saint John | nb | 13009 | 560 60.3% | 389 100% | 173 45% | liberal | ||||
| Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar | sk | 47010 | 1805 15.1% | 298 51.9% | 122 88.9% | |||||
| Sault Ste. Marie | on | 35079 | 274 0% | 329 100% | liberal | |||||
| South Shore—St. Margaret's | ns | 12009 | #sssm | 717 47.5% | 213 0% | 110 0% | conservative | |||
| Surrey North | bc | 59028 | 594 78.4% | 1194 76.9% | liberal | |||||
| Vancouver Island North | bc | 59031 | #vinorth | 220 8.2% | 113 30.9% | green | ||||
| Vancouver South | bc | 59034 | #vansouth | 764 52.1% | 196 100% | ndp | ||||
| Welland | on | 35097 | 384 10.5% | 146 16% | 1375 40.5% | ndp | ||||
| West Nova | ns | 12011 | 559 44.4% | 0 0% | conservative | |||||
| Western Arctic | tt | 61001 | 175 100% | 318 72.3% | liberal |