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Ohio Senate Race: Social Listening Report for 1/31/24
Endorsements of Bernie Moreno, discussion of who Frank Larose has taken money from and Sherrod Brown’s advocacy for Child Tax Credit bill drove the discussion online during the second half of January.
Mentions by Platform
Candidate Share of Mentions
Top Keywords
Most Shared Links
- Breitbart “Ohio Senate Republican Candidate Frank LaRose Took Over $1 Million in ‘Zuck Bucks’ to Help Run 2020 Election” 9.11k shares
- Vivek Ramaswamy endorsement of Bernie Moreno on Twitter 3.13k shares
- Kristi Noem (Gov of SD) endorsement of Bernie Moreno on Twitter 992 shares
- Vivek Ramaswamy’s comms director’s Tweet about Vivek promoting Moreno at a rally in Columbus 490 shares
- SherrodBrown.com 368 shares
Most Engaging Tweets (most comments, likes and retweets)
#1 Donald Trump Jr – 31.1k engagements
#2 Frank Larose 5.77k engagements
#3 Vivek Ramaswamy 4.92k engagements
Top Twitter Authors (reach x frequency)
Fox News, AP, Donald Trump Jr, Bloomberg Business, Haber Turk, The Hill, Jake Tapper, Vivek Ramaswamy
Top Hashtags
#demvoice1, #OHSen, #ResistanceBlue , #LiveBlue, #OHGOPSenateDebate, onev1, bluedot
BROADCAST (TV & RADIO) – 1,397 mentions (up 42%)
Top Stories by Reach
- CBS 4 News at 5PM – Sherrod Brown says it’s time to hold Norfolk Southern accountable – 1.19M reach
- MSNBC Katy Tur Reports – interview with CO Sen Michael Bennet who mentions Sherrod Brown as a champion of the Child Tax Credit – 726k reach
- CNN The Lead with Jake Tapper – interview with Transportation Secreary Buttigeig about East Palestine – 547k reach
- KFI AM Radio – coverage of Child Tax Credit, Sherrod Brown statement on the bill – 417k reach
NEWS – 4,160 stories (down 1%)
Most Viral News Stories
- Politico – GOP senators fear border deal may already be doomed – 3.51k social shares
- Fox News – Biden vetoes bipartisan bill protecting US EV industry from China (Brown was one of 3 Senate Dems to vote in favor of this bill that Biden vetoed) – 2.65k shares
- NBC News – ‘Immoral’: Some Republicans rebuke efforts to kill immigration deal to help Trump – 2.29k shares
- Politico – Moreno gets endorsement from Senate GOP No. 3 in contested Ohio primary – 1.08k shares
- Cleveland.com – President Biden to visit East Palestine toxic train wreck site – 1.06k shares
REDDIT – 1,356 mentions (up 472%)
Top Subreddits
r/Ohio, r/ClevelandGuardians, r/Cleveland, r/politics, r/neoliberal, r/inthenews, r/VoteDEM
Top Keywords/phrases:
Shredded documents, wage theft, lawsuit, Guardians payroll, money, power, Frank Larose’s sugar daddy
- r/Politics – “Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate shredded documents as he faced a lawsuit accusing him of wage theft” – 1.44k engagements
- r/Ohio – “Sherrod Brown’s recent ig post” [screenshot of Brown’s Instagram where he posted a screenshot of this Reddit post] – 1.24k engagements
- r/Ohio – “Sherrod Brown… I’m a lean right voter who’s open to voting for Brown. Give me some reasons Sherrod Brown is a good Senator. He seems very trustworthy despite my disagreeing with many of his views. …” 716 shares
- r/Ohio – “Frank Larose” [discussion and questions of his status as a veteran] – 554 engagements
- r/ClevelandGuardians – “(Andrew Tobias on X) The TV stations moderating Monday’s Republican U.S. Senate debate gave Sherrod Brown the chance to tee off on each of his potential opponents. Of Matt Dolan, he said: “I wish he’d spend the money he’s spending in this race on a power-hitting right fielder for Cleveland.”” – 490 engagements