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 | 405 0% | 142 0% | 11 0% | green | ||||
| Brampton—Springdale | on | 35007 | 1054 0% | 48 0% | 81 0% | green | ||||
| Burnaby—Douglas | bc | 59002 | 97 0% | 0 0% | 1326 0% | ndp | ||||
| Edmonton—Sherwood Park | ab | 48016 | 933 0% | 216 0% | 154 0% | ndp | ||||
| Edmonton—Strathcona | ab | 48018 | #yegstrath | 1736 0% | 78 0% | 3833 0% | 237 0% | green | ||
| Eglinton—Lawrence | on | 35019 | #eglaw | 1349 0% | 180 0% | green | ||||
| Egmont | pe | 11003 | 597 0% | 445 0% | conservative | |||||
| Elmwood—Transcona | mb | 46005 | 155 0% | liberal | ||||||
| Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca | bc | 59008 | 749 0% | 458 0% | 935 0% | 699 0% | green | |||
| Guelph | on | 35027 | 36 0% | 551 0% | green | |||||
| Kitchener Centre | on | 35037 | #kitcen | 1411 0% | 1 0% | 1340 0% | 498 0% | green | ||
| Kitchener—Waterloo | on | 35039 | #kitwat | 2121 0% | 526 0% | 295 0% | 706 0% | green | ||
| London West | on | 35044 | #ldnwest | 1149 0% | 1223 0% | 164 0% | 87 0% | green | ||
| Malpeque | pe | 11004 | 96 0% | 2472 0% | 42 0% | green | ||||
| Mississauga South | on | 35050 | 101 0% | 162 0% | ndp | |||||
| Mississauga—Erindale | on | 35049 | 80 0% | conservative | ||||||
| Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | nb | 13007 | 213 0% | 135 0% | 36 0% | green | ||||
| New Westminster—Coquitlam | bc | 59017 | 792 0% | 168 0% | 2101 0% | ndp | ||||
| North Vancouver | bc | 59019 | 644 0% | 7 0% | 86 0% | ndp | ||||
| Oak Ridges—Markham | on | 35059 | 1589 0% | 120 0% | 46 0% | 319 0% | green | |||
| Parkdale—High Park | on | 35068 | #parkhp | 125 0% | 17 0% | 92 0% | green | |||
| Saanich—Gulf Islands | bc | 59024 | #saanichgulfislands | 354 0% | 411 0% | 35756 0% | green | |||
| Saint John | nb | 13009 | 405 0% | 342 0% | 155 0% | ndp | ||||
| Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar | sk | 47010 | 1650 0% | 270 0% | 112 0% | green | ||||
| Sault Ste. Marie | on | 35079 | 274 0% | 318 0% | conservative | |||||
| South Shore—St. Margaret's | ns | 12009 | #sssm | 574 0% | 213 0% | 80 0% | green | |||
| Surrey North | bc | 59028 | 589 0% | 922 0% | ndp | |||||
| Vancouver Island North | bc | 59031 | #vinorth | 220 0% | 100 0% | green | ||||
| Vancouver South | bc | 59034 | #vansouth | 370 0% | 169 0% | ndp | ||||
| Welland | on | 35097 | 370 0% | 141 0% | 1087 0% | ndp | ||||
| West Nova | ns | 12011 | 463 0% | 0 0% | conservative | |||||
| Western Arctic | tt | 61001 | 168 0% | 309 0% | ndp |