Study: Trump is a retweeter, Clinton not so much

Published July 18, 2016 4:46pm ET



Content from the general public and news media comprises the bulk of what Donald Trump shares on social media in May, according to research released on Monday, but is entirely shut out by Hillary Clinton.

Seventy-eight percent of the retweets on Trump’s account during the study period were comments made by members of the public, according to the study conducted by the Pew Research Center. That compared to none from Clinton’s account. Instead, Clinton retweeted her own campaign account 80 percent of the time. Trump did not do so at all.

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