Twitter Rankings: House, Senate, Governors 3/16/2010

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Tuesday March 16, 2010 · 7:51 AM PDT

2010/03/16 · 07:51

Here are the Twitter Klout rankings for all Democratic Representatives, Senators, and Governors for 3/16/2010. We got word from Klout earlier and this should be pretty tight. Klout numbers, because of the complexity of the calculations behind them, do not change rapidly and our requested update had just finished as we started our production cycle.

Now that this is running relatively smoothly, taking only a few minutes instead of the hours of tedium it used to be, we'll be adding other goodies. FEC data? PVI by district or state? What do you think would be most useful?

What you see here are a hotlink to the politician's Twitter ID, their real name, their district or state, a hot link to their @Klout, their friends (mutual follower/following), their followers, and their True Reach. Klout is a computationally complex, slow to change, hard to game set of metrics and we believe it to be the best publicly available measure of a Twitter account's effectiveness.

We don't provide all of the Klout metrics in tabular form, just the ones we believe to be most relevant for political figures. The relationship between follower count and True Reach is the key to understanding how effective a public figure actually is. There are many, many junk followers on Twitter – accounts driven not by engaged humans but by software. These systems hunt for key words or phrases and then follow those using them – these are often subtle sales pitches.

True Reach measures not followers, but followers who are actually paying attention. Watching those who retweet, or respond, or ask a question of a given account is a far better metric of how well the account is interacting with constituents than a simple raw follower count.

Some accounts listed here have many followers but their True Reach is zero. This means that the account in question has not created a Klout.com login yet. Klout will rate any account if asked to do so, but for a full and proper viewing the operator must go to their site and create a login, giving them permission to inspected detailed information on their usage.

House

Twitter ID	Name	District	Klout	Friends	Followers	True Reach
RepHankJohnson	Hank Johnson	GA04	58.1	67	916	26
AlanGrayson	Alan Grayson	FL08	55.33	1	5407	0
EricMassa	Eric Massa	NY29	41.4	5	897	0
Dennis_Kucinich	Dennis Kucinich	OH10	37.88	3	9626	0
Rep_Giffords	Gabrielle Giffords	AZ08	33.54	3167	3360	260
ArturDavis	Artur Davis	ALGOV	33.03	468	3130	422
jaredpolis	Jared Polis	CO02	31.24	91	4571	1395
neilabercrombie	Neil Abercrombie	HIGOV	31.11	5707	6018	1125
RepMikeHonda	Mike Honda	CA15	30.92	89	2219	62
repblumenauer	Earl Blumenauer	ORGOV	30.42	13	4314	0
jahimes	Jim Himes	CT04	30.23	8	1099	0
RepMikeQuigley	Mike Quigley	IL05	29.3	393	909	24
MarkeyMemo	Ed Markey	MA07	28.92	0	1515	0
JimOberstar	Jim Oberstar	MN08	27.67	19	2352	262
LeonardBoswell	Leonard Boswell	IA03	27.09	185	1352	45
FrankPallone	Frank Pallone	NJ06	25.87	26	1249	114
HarryEMitchell	Harry Mitchell	AZ05	24.8	6	1259	0
keithellison	Keith Ellison	MN05	24.04	38	5464	2405
PaulHodes	Paul Hodes	NHSEN	22.76	158	930	10
repsandylevin	Sander Levin	MI12	22.65	844	988	6
USRepMikeDoyle	Mike Doyle	PA14	22.35	12	782	0
RepSteveIsrael	Steve Israel	NY02	22.23	3	2333	0
RepNormDicks	Norm Dicks	WA06	22.19	0	477	0
chelliepingree	Chellie Pingree	ME01	21.78	73	2103	314
askgeorge	George Miller	CA07	21.01	6	2610	0
RepCarnahan	Russ Carnahan	MO03	20.81	30	1232	0
tomperriello	Tom Perriello	VA05	20.79	195	2367	577
carolynbmaloney	Carolyn Maloney	NY14	20.67	167	204	0
GregoryMeeks	Gregory Meeks	NY06	19.62	1	635	0
BacaCA43	Joe Baca	CA43	19.25	3	695	0
GlennNye	Glenn Nye	VA02	18.91	7	1086	0
RepMikeMichaud	Mike Michaud	ME02	18.77	3	1194	0
Jim_Moran	Jim Moran	VA08	18.37	83	1012	0
RepGutierrez	Luis Gutierrez	IL04	18.04	0	260	0
RepInsleeNews	Jay Inslee	WA01	18.03	59	1276	0
MaxineWaters	Maxine Waters	CA35	17.64	0	1155	0
john_dingell	John Dingell	MI15	17.64	0	135	0
RepBrianHiggins	Brian Higgins	NY27	17.53	0	543	0
Rep_Adam_Smith	Adam Smith	WA09	16.54	9	376	188
Rep_Albio_Sires	Albio Sires	NJ13	16.46	11	706	0
repjohnbarrow	John Barrow	GA12	16.28	0	1093	0
repbenraylujan	Ben Lujan	NM03	16.27	62	1505	108
repmikeross	Mike Ross	AR04	16.22	84	1166	60
mlfudge	Marcia Fudge	OH11	15.86	793	2183	57
MaryjoKilroy	Mary Jo Kilroy	OH15	15.13	47	1366	0
repschrader	Kurt Schrader	OR05	15.03	0	1306	0
IkeSkelton	Ike Skelton	MO04	14.69	0	212	0
ChetEdwards	Chet Edwards	TX17	13.94	0	88	0
RepPerlmutter	Ed Perlmutter	CO07	13.23	2	1391	0
RepTammyBaldwin	Tammy Baldwin	WI02	13.16	0	709	0
RepGwenMoore	Gwen Moore	WI04	11.94	0	792	0
RepJaneHarman	Jane Harman	CA36	11.56	0	146	0
bobfilner	Bob Filner	CA51	10.14	0	19	0
danburton	Dan Burton	IN05	9.79	102	1710	25
russcarnahan	Russ Carnahan	MO03	9.7	44	422	0
bradellsworth	Brad Ellsworth	IN08	9.65	0	434	0
lynnwoolsey	Lynn Woolsey	CA06	9.57	223	679	5
LorettaSanchez	Loretta Sanchez	CA47	9.56	0	63	0
RepArcuriNews	Michael Arcuri	NY24	9.56	0	97	0
RepZackSpace	Zack Space	OH18	9.53	0	69	0
cbrangel	Charlie Rangel	NY15	9.53	0	1783	0
jimlangevin	Jim Langevin	RI02	9.48	30	210	0
RepBartGordon	Bart Gordon	TN06	8.68	0	235	0
RepWeiner	Anthony Weiner	NY09	7.9	0	78	0
JohnGaramendi	John Garamendi	CA10	7.76	584	1967	69
SilvestreReyes	Silvestre Reyes	TX16	7.75	7	14	0
MikeMcIntyreNC	Mike McIntyre	NC07	7.72	2	65	0
BruceBraley	Bruce Braley	IA01	7.63	143	286	0
RepBaronHill	Baron Hill	IN09	7.52	0	0	0
ggiffords	Gabrielle Giffords	AZ08	6	0	853	0
majoritywhip	Jim Clyburn	SC06	5.87	0	419	0
timryan	Tim Ryan	OH17	5.7	594	3877	573
repbarneyfrank	Barney Frank	MA04	5.49	0	459	0
chuforcongress	Judy Chu	CA32	5.39	25	217	0
AllysonSchwartz	Allyson Schwartz	PA13	5.26	0	31	0
Fattah4Congress	Chaka Fattah	PA02	5.24	17	57	0
Adler4Congress	John Adler	NJ03	5.22	0	71	0
RepAdamSchiff	Adam Schiff	CA29	5.22	0	79	0
RepGaryAckerman	Gary Ackerman	NY05	5.22	0	49	0
levy4ny	Steve Levy	NYGOV	5.22	0	20	0
BillPascrell	Bill Pascrell	NJ08	5.21	0	7	0
RepGeneGreen	Gene Green	TX29	5.21	0	17	0
RepHalvorson	Debbie Halvorson	IL11	5.21	0	21	0
RepRaulGrijalva	Raul Grijalva	AZ07	5.21	0	98	0
WalzMN01	Tim Walz	MN01	5.21	0	33	0
dorismatsui	Doris Matsui	CA05	5.21	0	27	0

Senate

Twitter ID	Name	District	Klout	Friends	Followers	True Reach
SenGillibrand	Kirsten Gillibrand	NYSEN	61.63	9	3195	0
alfranken	Al Franken	MNSEN	57.43	852	7550	166
clairecmc	Claire McCaskill	MOSEN	54.47	1	36582	0
SenatorReid	Harry Reid	NVSEN	52.83	16	6835	0
Barbara_Boxer	Barbara Boxer	CASEN	50.51	304	19380	8645
SenArlenSpecter	Arlen Specter	PASEN	48.51	164	8105	2270
HarryReid	Harry Reid	NVSEN	43.54	0	1292	0
SenBillNelson	Bill Nelson	FLSEN	43.21	9	9303	0
SenChrisDodd	Chris Dodd	CTSEN	43.01	79	10972	3595
George_LeMieux	George LeMieux	FLSEN	41.78	172	1951	96
blanche4senate	Blanche Lincoln	ARSEN	41.35	71	937	65
MarkWarner	Mark Warner	VASEN	39.51	10607	13460	3691
russfeingold	Russ Feingold	WISEN	36.74	4542	9034	1392
senatorsanders	Bernie Sanders	VTSEN	34.51	39	3394	358
DickDurbin	Dick Durbin	ILSEN	33.01	0	1304	0
SenatorCardin	Ben Cardin	MDSEN	30.75	0	222	0
SenatorMenendez	Bob Menendez	NJSEN	30.22	1	4310	0
MarkUdall	Mark Udall	COSEN	28.85	9	4067	0
SenJeffMerkley	Jeff Merkley	ORSEN	28.3	1	2496	0
SenBenNelson	Ben Nelson	NESEN	26.18	0	3007	0
tomudall	Tom Udall	NMSEN	15.22	127	1943	19
SenEvanBayh	Evan Bayh	INSEN	11.6	8	688	0
stabenow	Debbie Stabenow	MISEN	11.3	0	1178	0
kayhagan	Kay Hagan	NCSEN	7.75	16	1691	0
TomHarkin	Tom Harkin	IASEN	7.57	0	717	0
SenatorBegich	Mark Begich	AKSEN	5.35	5	309	0
jeffbingaman	Jeff Bingaman	NMSEN	5.22	0	23	0
aklobuchar	Amy Klobuchar	MSSEN	5.21	0	44	0
senatorcantwell	Maria Cantwell	WASEN	5.21	0	268	0
theyoutubes	Max Bacchus	MTSEN	5.21	0	4	0

Governors

Twitter ID	Name	District	Klout	Friends	Followers	True Reach
Ted_Strickland	Ted Strickland	OHGOV	30.71	546	3116	56
GovSteveBeshear	Steve Beshear	KYGOV	26.79	0	3441	0
GovernorMarkell	Jack Markell	DEGOV	16.62	181	215	0
Gov_Dave	Dave Freudenthal	WYGOV	8.02	0	6	0
GovJayNixon	Jay Nixon	MOGOV	5.21	0	122	0
GovJoeManchin	Joe Manchin	WVGOV	5.21	0	18	0

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