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Incoming freshman class's Democrats are bigger tweeters than their Republicans counterparts

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 28, 2022

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter prompted speculation that many liberals would leave the platform. But among Congress's incoming freshman class, Democrats are more active than Republicans.

Incoming Republican members have averaged 42 tweets since Election Day, according to a LegiStorm review. Democrats have averaged 53 - 26% more.

Even excluding the four Republicans who haven't tweeted since November 9 - Reps.-elect Josh Brecheen (Okla.), Morgan Luttrell (Texas), Andy Ogles (Tenn.) and Dale Strong (Ala.) - Republicans averaged 46 tweets apiece from their campaign and other Twitter accounts.

At 300 tweets in under three weeks, Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) is the freshman class's most prolific tweeter. Rep.-elect Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.) and Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) are the next highest, each with more than 150 tweets during that time.