The Race for PGH on Facebook
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If you are a Facebook user, you know that it was hard to avoid Obamamania on Facebook in the past year. And you certainly can’t avoid Steelers super bowl fever on Facebook - there are hundreds of Steelers fan groups on Facebook.
Can Facebook play a roll in the Primary elections here in Pittsburgh?
Lets look at some of the candidates and rumored candidates for mayor and their Facebook groups:
Mayor
- Students for Ravenstahl - 256 members
- Young Republicans that Support Luke Ravenstahl - 90 members, doesn’t look like it has been updated since 2007
- I Like Luke: Re-elect Luke Ravenstahl, Pittsburgh’s Mayor - 92 members
- Is Mayor Luke Ravenstahl stupid, corrupt or both? - 9 members
- Patrick Dowd for Mayor of Pittsburgh - 366 members (On Jan 20, the group had 81 members)
- Students for Patrick Dowd - 132 members
- The UNOFFICIAL Doug Shield for Mayor of Pittsburgh Group - 222 members
City Council
- Brendan Schubert - 52 supporters
- Recall Tonya Payne from Pittsburgh City Council - 2 members
- Bill Peduto - 149 Supporters
Other Races
- Hugh McGough - 252 Supporters
Other Elected Officials on Facebook
- Don Walko - 17 Supporters
- Mike Doyle - 299 Supporters
- Bring Back Mike Veon - 7 members
Are there any others that we are missing? Who would you like to see on Facebook? Do you support your favorite candidates by joining their facebook groups?
What do you all think? Anyone supporting anyone yet? Seems a little early to me, but then again I hear they're already starting to poll people about it.
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