Twitter Users Tough On Republicans, Tougher On Obama, Like Ron Paul, Says Political Study [REPORT]

A new study from Pew Research Center’s Project For Excellence (PEJ) In Journalism has revealed that while the leading Republican candidates and President Obama himself score poorly on Twitter, it’s Texan Rep. Congressman Ron Paul who gets the thumbs up from the majority of users on the network, with an approval rating that far outweighs his standing across other media.

PEJ, who looked at more than 20 million tweets about the presidential race between May 2 and November 27, discovered that political discussion on Twitter is more opinionated and less neutral than other online platforms, such as blogs.

The report suggested that despite minimal coverage elsewhere, 55 percent of all tweets about Ron Paul were positive, and only 15 percent were negative – a differential of +40.