Potential Democratic Presidential Candidates Online, 2013

This page links to campaign committees, leadership PACs, 501(c)(4)s, and other organizations associated with figures mentioned as potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidates.  A solid online presence, including a web site and active use of social media, is seen as an essential way for politicians to get their messages out.  Some of these individuals are fairly prolific in their Tweets and Facebook posts.  In many cases media consultants or aides do the work, but sometimes it is the politicians themselves.  The number of likes (Facebook) and/or followers (Twitter) gives a sense of these figures' national prominence.  As of Dec. 25, 2013, all of the Facebook leaders are Republicans: Paul Ryan has 4.9 million likes, Sarah Palin a bit under 4 million, Rand Paul 1.6 million and Mike Huckabee 1.4 million.  Leaders in Twitter followers as of Dec. 25, 2013 are Jerry Brown (1,044, 787), Sarah Palin (1,014,108), Hillary Clinton (1,004,623), Paul Ryan (563,835), Marco Rubio (478,725) and Chris Christie (421,938).  Apart from Twitter, Clinton, the heavyweight among prospects, has been in a fairly low-key online mode since leaving her position as Secretary of State.  She is one of very few potential candidates without a Facebook site, and she also does not have an active website other than those related to her work at the Clinton Foundation (her Hillary Clinton office site posted a few speeches early in the year, but then stopped).