2012 election: Twitter followers of Obama and Romney

This statistic shows the number of Twitter followers of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the 2012 election, as of November 21. Obama has a distinctive lead on Romney with about 20 million followers on Twitter.

Number of Twitter followers of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as of November 21, 2012

Characteristic	Number of Twitter followers
Barack Obama	23,634,860
Mitt Romney	1,754,110

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November 2012

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United States

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As of November 21, 2012

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The given Weblink only refers to Barack Obama's Twitter page. Mitt Romney's Twitter page can be accessed here.

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