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Primary Election Day: A Look at How Local Candidates Are and Are Not Using Twitter

Today, Tuesday, May 16, 2017 is Primary Election Day in the state of Pennsylvania. I am particularly interested to see how the turnout for this local election compares to previous primary elections that occur after a presidential election. Since November, there has been an incredible volume of posts on social media about getting involved in local issues. The turnout today will be an interesting metric of if posting about local politics translates into voting locally.

I have been following the election on Twitter all day and out of curiosity, I wanted to see what the candidates are tweeting about today. As I was building a Twitter list of candidates, I was a little surprised to find that many of the candidates on the ballot in the City of Pittsburgh are not on Twitter. I’ve put together a list of candidate that are on the ballot in Pittsburgh with their Twitter handles and # of followers today. Given that the current President of the United States uses Twitter on a daily basis, and that Twitter is used by many politicians in Washington to communicate with constituents, I expected that more of the local candidates would have Twitter accounts.

I have excluded the judicial candidates and magistrate races from this list. Of the 20 candidates listed only 11 have Twitter accounts, (handles are listed below) and not all of them are very active.

The only candidates that have posted at least one tweet today are @tkailsmith , @FifeMyers , @DanielGilman , @BillPeduto & @AshleighDeemer.

You can follow our Twitter list of Pittsburgh primary candidates here. Live stream of candidate tweets is included below.

Office Candidate Twitter # of Followers
1 Mayor of City of Pittsburgh Bill Peduto @BillPeduto 57,123
2 Darlene Harris @Darlene4Pgh 1291
3 John Welch @welch4mayor 124
4 Allegheny County Sheriff Bill Mullen
5 George Satler
6 Pittsburgh City Council District 2 Theresa Kail-Smith @TKailSmith 1583
7 Pittsburgh City Council District 4 Anthony Coghill @CoghillAnthony 28
8 Ashleigh Deemer @AshleighDeemer 1245
9 Pittsburgh City Council District 6 Daniel Lavelle @RDLavelle 3260
10 Pittsburgh City Council District 8 Daniel Gilman @RDLavelle 6001
11 Allegheny County Council Jim Ellenbogen
12 Robert J. Palmosina
12 Pittsburgh School Board District 1 Sylvia C. Wilson @SylviaCWilson 30
14 Pittsburgh School Board District 3 James Myers @FifeMyers 436
15 Sala Udin @SalaUdine 200
16 Pittsburgh School Board District 5 Terry Kennedy
17 Ghadah Makoshi @G_Makoshi_PGH 10
18 Pittsburgh School Board District 7 Cynthia A. Falls
19 Pittsburgh School Board District 9 Veronica Edwards
20 Carolyn Klug

Election Day Information – Where to Vote, Voter Guides & Election Day Discounts

Today – Tuesday, May 21, 2013 is election day in the city of Pittsburgh.

Election Day Information

allegheny-county-polling-place-locator

Polls are open from 7am to 8pm.

Use the Allegheny County Polling Place Locator to find your polling place.

More details and Election Day Resources are available here 

Voter Guides

Looking for information on the candidates?  Check out the following voter guides:

 

Voter Specials – Election Day Discounts

Click here to check out the list of local businesses that are offering discounts (and free beer) if you bring in your voting stub.

Tue May 14 is the Deadline to Apply for an Absentee Ballot

If you are going to be out of town on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 you need to vote by absentee ballot.  The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 5:00pm.

Get all of the details on applying for an absentee ballot  at votePGH here.

If you have not yet signed the votePGH pledge please take a moment to visit votePGH.org and sign the pledge.  We are working to make sure we have at least 1 pledge from each neighborhood.  Take a look at the neighborhood’s list here.  We’ve got 50+ more neighborhoods that need to pledge.