Why Is McCain Crushing Obama On YouTube This Month?

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obama paris hilton.jpgI have been doing a lot of YouTube research recently, so I can keep track of what the MeezNation users are up to. What has surprised me is the shift in the month of August in YT popularity from  Barack Obama (whom I give money to) to John McCain (whom I don't).

As you can see from the graphic here, McCain is now crushing Obama in video views this month on YouTube, garnering 4.7M+ to 2M+. This may be due to gaming of the system, or it could be because McCain just figured out YouTube existed vs Obama knowing about it for a while, but in any case, each campaign is diligently posting videos each day, and McCain is spanking Obama in views. So what gives, especially since Obama is seen to be the high tech guy? 

As a sidenote: If you're trying to do this on a Verizon 3G card in middle of Manhattan with all 4 green bars showing, you may want to kill yourself while waiting for the screen to load....why it needs to average less than a 28.8K old-style analog modem is simply mystifying...that will take another post after this since the performance is often far better in other cities.

SAI contributor Sean Ryan is CEO of Meez, the former CEO of Listen.com and the brother of SAI Chairman Kevin Ryan. He blogs at SharkJumping.com, where this post was originally published.

 



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Canada said:
Obama supporters are on the beach during the summer while the McCain camp is in doors due to their pale completion and concern over those sun spots. LOL

Proud to be American said:
You are clearly supporting the wrong candidate.

ABSOLUTE MUST SEE said:
don't know how everyone is voting but this is worth the time to listen to what this man says..This is serious, serious, business.......
www.atlah.org/broadcast/ndnr07-28-08.html

http://www.dontvoteobama.net


NOBAMA said:
Obama and the Born-Alive Act [Yuval Levin]


Six years ago, Congress passed the "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act,"
making it illegal to kill a child who is fully born during an attempted
abortion. The bill passed without a single opposing vote in either
house, and was signed into law by President Bush on August 5, 2002. When
he was a state senator at that same time, Barack Obama opposed a state
version of the bill in Illinois. His explanation for the vote since then
has been that the state version did not include a so-called "neutrality
clause" which says explicitly that the bill is not meant to influence
the legal standing of a fetus before birth one way or another. The
federal law contained such a clause, and the state law, Obama has long
insisted, did not. As recently as June 30, the Obama campaign made that
case to answer the charge (in that case from Bill Bennett) that Obama
had opposed the Born-Alive Act.

But now, the National Right to Life Committee has uncovered proof that
Obama in fact voted in committee against even the version of the
Illinois Born-Alive Act that did include exactly the same "neutrality
clause" as the federal bill. On March 12, 2003, when the bill was being
debated, an amendment was added that inserted the neutrality language of
the federal bill verbatim into the Illinois bill. Obama voted for the
amendment (that's the vote on the left-hand column on this committee
vote record), and then voted against the amended bill (that's the vote
on the right on the same document). All the Democrats on the committee
(which Obama chaired) followed his lead, and the bill was defeated.

This was, again, legislation that in the same form had by then passed
unanimously at the federal level. Even NARAL did not oppose it.
Apparently Barack Obama did, and his old explanation for doing so seems
at odds with the facts.


Ry said:
But all of McCains videos are about Obama. Therefore obama's had more screen time

Graham (URL) said:
I'm not quite sure if the above two posts were jokes or not, but both were equally laughable. "All Jesus, All the Time?" Boycott CNN and other news agencies to defeat Obama? You may want to get down on your knees and pray a bit longer.

Real quick, to keep this political nonsense going:

http://mccainkeatingfive.com/?p=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five


Ken G. said:
This would not be the case if you were to add in the number of hits from the Paris Hilton video, which wasn't exactly flattering to McCain.

Hilton's video was produced by Obama supporters, so is a defacto Obama ad. Thus, your conclusion is faulty.

Keshava said:
Maybe because people are finding McCain's videos when looking for less ...political content? I don't know if youtube has search trends, but google trends shows Paris and Britney are still much more searched than either presidential candidate (which is kind of sad)

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Paris+hilton%2C+Britney+spears%2C+John+McCain%2C+Barack+Obama&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0


What I will never understand is how people (like NOOBAMA) would rather cast a political vote based on a social issue than true political issues. Face it. NO ONE is going to stop a woman from terminating her pregnancy if she is determined to do so. Period. Whether she uses a safe surgical procedure or a coat-hanger, she is going to do it. I personally do not agree with abortion for religious reasons, but I am also level-headed enough to know I can't control what another person does with her own body. So why try? Especially when there are more pressing issues where gov't truly can intervene, like the war, the economy, healthcare, and energy.

Indeed said:
@O well said!

if you look at mccains 2 most popular videos, they are the ones uploaded last week entitled "Celeb" (which spawned the paris hilton video) with 1.9MM views and "The One" with 1.1MM views. That is 3MM views between 2 videos which feature nothing but Obama, and making fun of the media love and hype and awe surrounding him. Take out these 2 videos and mccain would be behind as usual. Obama is in all of his own videos and mccain's most popular videos, thus is by far the more popular candidate on youtube. i think most of mccains popular videos have blown up in his face, and he is trying to roll with the punches like he actually as emotions/sense of humor. it is sort of funny but mostly painful to watch/hear haha.

HerBody? said:
What about the other human body inside her body? Why should a human being not have any rights, just because it's not yet fully developed?

hehateme said:
Americans would elect DWIGHT SCHRUTE if he was on the ballot. " I'M ROLLING DOWN RODEO WITH A SHOTGUN. THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT SEEN A BLACK MAN SINCE THERE GRANDPARENTS BOUGHT ONE."-Rage Against the Machine

sanam said:
I see Obama as a good president I wish Iran had a man like him

persistent said:
Obama is nothing more than a "token," and has always been a "token." You should do your research to find out who his adivsors are and who his cabinet would be. That information should scare the shit out of you. You would not like living under a Socialist government, ask anyone who does. You won't like the one world government that is racing towards you. And if you think the Democrats are going to tax the rich, you have not done your homework. There are more rich Demoncrats who will make the masses that they are for the poor and against the rich, but all the time, while they put forth bills that appear to raise taxes on the rich, they are creating tax loopholes for them. All of those politicians have many tax loopholes to lower their tax bills, while the cost of those tax increases will fall upon the average citizen in the marketplace. Democrats are for the poor, that's a joke. Democrates are for the working guy, that's a joke. Socialized medicine? There is a mini exodus of young people leaving Europe because they take home 30 to 35% of there paycheck,the rest to withholding taxes to pay for the socialized programs that they can't use. The Democrats are stupid! They must have went through the public school system that is turning our kids into socialists. Kiss the USA goodbye if the Democrats get more goofballs in office. Do you really think Europe is a great model? You are not doing your homework! Do you really think a one world government will solve the grief of manking? Do your homework! You will not like the changes the Democrats will force upon the people of the United States. Alreay, the courts are overriding the will of people. Look at California, the people passed the Proposition that marriage is to be between a man and a woman, and what did the Calfornia supreme court do? They overrulled the will of the people, and that is exactly the agenda of Socialists. They hate the will of the people; they hate people electing the government. They want to impose their will upon the people, and that leads to dictatorship. Do your homework!












hehateme said:
The GOP know americans are c*nts. The GOP know all you have to do to scare americans is say "BOO". John McCain wiil be in the oval office because americans would rather look tough than be tough.

Sarah said:
Obama bin ladin as I say he says he didnt know the minister he went to was saying that stuff even though he went to him for 20 years?!?!?!

Josh said:
It's because John Mccain is putting out those stupid attack ads and everyone is curious about them (especially the one with paris hilton, britney, etc.)

Vicki said:
McCain's ads make him look foolish, but people like the hoopla with Paris and Brittany,and they like Paris Hilton's comeback at McCain ad. So people want to see it and then blast it for all they are worth since they are all Obama supporters and so am I.

Tane (URL) said:
I wouldn't attribute it to McCain enthusiasm... Obama supporters are viewing McCain's petty, "I hate Obama because he's more popular than me," ads and posting them on their favorite sites (like Facebook) to spread the word and help fight McCain's attacks.

Notice the ratings for the videos on You Tube... many of McCain's attack viral videos are being viewed a lot, but are receiving low ratings, as opposed to the high ratings Obama's videos receive.

Iraqi Vet said:
Vicki... Obama supporter.. based on what piece of legislation that he championed? Based on what political backbone? All he's done is vote present on key issues in the Illionis Senate (afraid to take a stand for what he believed in.) adn Oh yeah as a US senator .. campaigned for president for 2 of his 5 years in office and, wait for it, he wrote a book. And you think he's qualified?

matilda said:
Obama may have all the money from his rich friends and fans, but he does not have the knowledge and know how in running a country. America will wake up and vote for the better candidate. I think Paris Hilton's so called response to the McCain ad was just an Obama campaign using the ditzzy blonde again. We are not stupid to believe the ads Obama is putting out.

Rich said:
I watch McCain videos to reinforce why I would never vote for him or the failed policies he wants to continue.

Sandra said:
I give Paris credit since she to was a prisoner, maybe she would be a good candidate or VP to Obama who I find very intellectual.
By the way how does one become a good president? Maybe I will ask Bush or the republicans what not to do, but it looks like the republicans still can't get it right.

TV1Turtle (URL) said:
There might be couple reasons; first, McCain hired the same dudes that effectively did the negative campaign against Kerry 2004; second, I noticed McCain's videos are professionally-made while Obama's are more of footage with little or no editing; McCain really gaining on fundraising? just different campaign style? we will see

Thanks for the reflection.

TV1Turtle

David E said:
Mr. Ryan's post is purely a statistical article. He offers no political opinion on the issue.

Yet, some of the posts on this article are startlingly alarming in nature.

Where did the dialog go? Where is the civil discourse?

This is a website devoted to technology and business, not the ramblings of the fringe elements on both sides.

How about this analysis of the Youtube figures: The McCain ads are funny and people like funny. That doesn't mean people watching them agree. I certainly don't agree with them, but they are unique.

Danny (URL) said:
If you look at the stats, the first three highest viewed videos from McCain are Celeb (2M), The One (1M) and then Troops (400K).

That more than covers the increase. All three are attack ads. What gives is that people like to check out "dirt".

Duude said:
I think people are finally waking up to the fact that Obama will be just a rehash of the Carter Administration. People that speak of the Bush administration as a failed administration either weren't alive in the late 70's or forgot.
Perhaps, we should rehash the Carter years so that we can get a preview of coming attractions.
Carter was a one term president that failed so miserably he couldn't even keep Teddy Kennedy out of the Democratic primary for what was suppose to be his reelection campaign. Domestically, we had double digit inflation, high unemployment, high taxes and no presidential economic plan to reverse it.
International relations were much worse. Obama is following Carter's lead in how to handle international relations. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's interational go-to guy is advising Obama.
As a country we had no respect among either our cold war foes nor our allies. Carter's one claim to success was the middle east peace talks. Unfortunately, history has proven those talks to have been a waste of time and tens of billions of dollars in 'extortion' in the name of aid to Egypt and Jordan. Egypt has stiffed Israel and the U.S. time and time again by providing smuggled arms to terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah while we dump billions in extortion money on them. Carter's other foreign policies included a poorly designed and failed attempt at rescuing the Iranian hostages which were readily turned over after Reagan was inaugurated. One might ask why they waited for Reagan's inauguration? Was it that they hated Carter more? No, they didn't respect him while they feared Reagan. Carter also greatly influenced the Soviet Union to abandon Afghanistan by boycotting the Summer Olympics in Moscow. Yeah right, that worked! The Muhujadeen chased the Soviets out years later.

Amanda said:
I support McCain and I'm 26, we aren't all in an older demographic.

shaniqua said:
I dont understand how any of you actually believe this shit.. Off-shore drilling will destroy our beaches and hurt the ocean.. There is a reason he doesnt agree with it.
Sad day in the states when people actually believe the shit that comes out of McCain's mouth.

educatedamerican said:
Have you ever been to a beach 50 miles offshore? Me neither thats where they are wanting to drill idiot you won't even be able to see it. Prove to us another point that shows the real reason why you are voting for him. His reason is the same as the first black president adulterer slick willy clinton "It will take ten years to get to the market to affect prices." Guess what the bill republicans passed during slick willy's reign, that he vetoed, would be bringing the price of oil down right now because that was ten years ago. How stupid and mislead can americans be. We elect these idiots to preserve our future and they make comments like this. I say so what if its takes 20 years do it for the benefit of the future generations but continue to search for an alternative, we will need the oil during the time of transition to the alternative fuel anyway. Amazing the "Quota" candidate has even gotten this far.

Duude said:
It would be amazing how little some know if it weren't for the fact for decades now both our media and our schools haven't been repeating the same mantra,
shaniqua said:
Aug. 12, 7:19 PM
"I dont understand how any of you actually believe this shit.. Off-shore drilling will destroy our beaches and hurt the ocean.. There is a reason he doesnt agree with it.
Sad day in the states when people actually believe the shit that comes out of McCain's mouth. ".....,
but the fact of the matter is that there hasn't been a drilling spill since 1969 in Santa Barbara, CA. So, we're talking about almost 40 years ago since our last drilling oil spill occurred and still morons think it happened last week. Some believe Exxon Valdeze is a drilling accident. ...Duuuuhh!!! I'm sorry, but NO! It was an oil tanker. And no matter whether we drill or not, we will still have oil tankers. Better yet, if we drill, perhaps we can reduce the number of tankers, eh? The fact of the matter is that we drill in the gulf of Mexico and didn't spill a drop after Katrina. Why? Because technology has come a long way. We have better controls over environmental damage. We actually kill far fewer animal life by drilling than we kill with windmills which kill birds all the time.

Neil said:
I support Obama but watch McSame all the time. His gaffs are just so funny and worth a 10th or 20th view. (just like watching a train smash) The man is obviously a cretin.

So, It may seem as if McSame gets watched the most but I assure you "My Friends" evil ;-) , it is not going to be a positive experience for him in November.

Lately, I have been starting to feel sorry for McSame and therefore will watch him less but will watch his new videos on You Tube. Nothing of this would make me vote for the idiot.

In responce said:
Heah "Duude," Weren't the hostages set free because our nation gave arms to Iran? Of course the public didn't know until the Iran-Contra Scandal was made public through televised hearings in the late '80s. Lies, distortions, seedy, under-handed actions orchestrated to make one appear strong, competent, effective, trust-worthy, intimidating, and powerful, while belittling another, when the other guy is actually a man of strong moral fiber and character, a "Peace-maker," an honest leader, makes me wonder why some preach and preach and preach and point fingers and scoff at and try to humiliate another while working so diligently to create a distorted illusion of strength, leadership, and moral superiority based on nothing but lies. I'm confused, do you dislike the media or do you "use" it? I guess it depends on the outcome, public perception, doesn't it?

Julian The Wonderhorse said:
Isn't Madonna running for President then?

Technomist (URL) said:
Obama has become a bore. He doesn't ever say anything much. I suppose people want to know what he is hiding.

Horatio Hornblower said:
The fact that more people are viewing McCain's videos may be due to the fact that his camp is allowing people to have and display their opinions. All of Barack's videos are policed, ie: your comment wont be displayed unless it's positive to Barack. A great way to promote censorship and proliferate a communistic attitude.

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