There are polls about who is winning in the race to become the next mayor of San Francisco, but there is also another yardstick by which we can measure the contestants: online friends.
All of the candidates in the race to become the chief executive of San Francisco have Facebook and Twitter pages. In the lead right now would be San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, based on the social media pages the candidates have listed on their campaign websites.
Phil Ting
Facebook: 4,858
Twitter: 11,626
Total: 16,484
Leland Yee
Facebook: 5,518
Twitter: 1,286
Total: 6,804
Bevan Dufty
Facebook: 5,967
Twitter: 689
Total: 6,656
Dennis Herrera
Facebook: 2,594
Twitter: 1,164
Total: 3,758
David Chiu
Facebook: 1,519
Twitter: 593
Total: 2,112
Michela Alioto-Pier
Facebook: 1,036
Twitter: 20
Total: 1,056
Joanna Rees
Facebook: 783
Twitter: 268
Total: 1,051
