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Presidential Candidate Comparison

Web stats and war chest (campaign contributions) of 2008 Presidential Candidates (including media face time).

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Candidate	Party	PR	Alexa Rank	Hitwise Market Share (percent)	Compete Traffic (people monthly)	Compete Average Stay (minutes)	Google Back Links	Technorati Back Links	Total Money Raised (x1000 USD)	Media Face Time (minutes)	MySpace Friends	Twitter Friends
Biden, Joe	D	6	246,985	2.48	28,714	04:30	1,390	2,530	8,215	304	14,381	69
Clinton, Hillary	D	6	34,425	13.37	244,869	06:33	2,600	0	90,935	149	142,952	85
Dodd, Chris	D	6	242,873	0.92	23,478	03:52	975	5,967	13,598	214	8,833	82
Edwards, John	D	6	66,643	6.93	122,587	05:45	5,360	0	30,329	257	48,496	3,661
Gravel, Mike	D	6	193,270	1.07	21,069	03:17	1,950	2,674	238	66	10,520	6
Kucinich, Dennis	D	0	87,442	2.29	36,122	08:49	508	0	2,130	129	32,681	15
Obama, Barack	D	7	22,556	14.39	291,607	06:36	6,860	17,712	80,256	261	183,320	5,111
Richardson, Bill	D	6	225,176	3.15	44,687	05:58	577	4,516	18,699	266	20,466	13
Giuliani, Rudy	R	6	118,870	5.08	72,401	04:15	2,810	6,052	47,253	196	7,870	23
Huckabee, Mike	R	4	0	8.19	53,509	05:05	46	4,056	2,345	270	8,530	3
Hunter, Duncan	R	6	330,399	3.37	32,096	05:01	2,060	2,215	1,890	183	6,864	0
Keyes, Alan	R	4	467,577	0	13,951	00:00	817	0	22	0	0	0
McCain, John	R	5	151,150	1.97	75,078	04:21	2,770	4,016	32,124	344	38,811	0
Paul, Ron	R	2	15,182	22.67	214,582	04:14	4,090	11,039	8,268	77	73,381	218
Romney, Mitt	R	6	78,797	5.09	98,869	05:27	2,890	7,678	62,829	218	30,999	27
Tancredo, Tom	R	6	918,856	0	4,062	03:34	1,830	0	3,538	173	4,004	1
Thompson, Fred	R	4	81,225	7.32	302,389	07:22	510	0	12,828	117	11,805	772

In each column, most desired value emphasized in bold type.
PR: Google PageRank of Candidate Website. Updated October 25th, 2007.
Alexa Rank: Rank based on Number of Impressions on Candidate Website. Updated October 25th, 2007.
Hitwise Market Share: Share of All Traffic to Candidate Websites during Week Ending October 13, 2007.
Compete Traffic: Number of People Who Visited Campaign Website. Data from 2006/09 to 2007/09.
Compete Average Stay: Average Time Each Person Spends Reading Candidate Website. Data from 2006/09 to 2007/09.
Google Backlinks: Number of Websites that Link to Candidate Website. Updated October 25th, 2007.
Technorati Back Links: Number of Technorati Indexed Blogs that Link to Candidate Website. Updated October 25th, 2007.
Total Raised: Total Money Raised in Campaign Contributions. Updated Q3 2007.
Media Face Time: Total Face Time on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX and MSNBC in total minutes. Updated July 15th, 2007.
MySpace Friends: Number of Friends on MySpace. Updated October 25th, 2007.
Twitter Friends: Number of Followers on Twitter on October 25th, 2007
This chart is offered for entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to substitute constant civic awareness, research and responsibility.
While every effort has been made to create an accurate comparison, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, reliability or suitability of data.
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Sources:

2008 Presidential Election (The Center for Responsive Politics)
Top Presidential Candidate 2008 Websites (Hitwise)
Tracking Face Time (New York Times)
Site Analytics for Traffic and Average Stay (Compete)
Backlinks (Google)
Traffic Details (Alexa)
Rank and Backlinks (Technorati)
MySpace
Twitter

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