This is an experiement to see which candidates are winning the social media battle in swing ridings that were won by less than 5% in 2008 as identified by swing33.ca.

The table below shows how many Facebook followers each candidate has, beside that number is the growth rate of followers week over week. The cells marked green are the candidates with the most followers, the cells with a grey "incu" icon are the incumbents.


riding name prov edid alt tag cpc lpc ndp gpc most growth prediction winner
Brampton Weston35008
Brampton—Springdaleon35007160 100%conservative
Burnaby—Douglasbc59002
Edmonton—Sherwood Parkab48016
Edmonton—Strathconaab48018#yegstrath4874 16.4%ndp
Eglinton—Lawrenceon35019#eglaw1204 100%conservative
Egmontpe110032331 8.4%conservative
Elmwood—Transconamb46005
Esquimalt—Juan de Fucabc590082173 69.7%ndp
Guelphon35027
Kitchener Centreon35037#kitcen533 37.1%conservative
Kitchener—Waterlooon35039#kitwat577 100%conservative
London Weston35044#ldnwest
Malpequepe11004
Mississauga Southon3505016347 100%conservative
Mississauga—Erindaleon35049
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppenb13007117 100%conservative
New Westminster—Coquitlambc590171609 9.9%ndp
North Vancouverbc59019191 100%conservative
Oak Ridges—Markhamon35059431 6.2%conservative
Parkdale—High Parkon35068#parkhp11033 27.8%ndp
Saanich—Gulf Islandsbc59024#saanichgulfislands59685 24.7%green
Saint Johnnb13009716 29.1%conservative
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggarsk47010
Sault Ste. Marieon35079
South Shore—St. Margaret'sns12009#sssm747 15.2%conservative
Surrey Northbc59028
Vancouver Island Northbc59031#vinorth9 0%conservative
Vancouver Southbc59034#vansouth203 20.6%conservative
Wellandon350971842 16.6%ndp
West Novans12011559 5.1%conservative
Western Arctictt61001321 14.7%ndp

This page is still under development, if you have any suggestions on how the candidates might be compared, please contact me!