Mitt Romney clinched the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, falling in line with Twitter's prediction that the former Massachusetts governor would be the Republican victor.
Mashable recently reached out to Globalpoint Research to analyze Twitter sentiment regarding the primary, and the results gave Romney a slightly higher lead than the latest polls.
The research firm — which used a weighted metric to combine tweet volume and retweets with detailed sentiment analysis — found that Romney would not only have the edge, second place would be a tight call between Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum.
Romney came out on top with 37% of the vote, followed by Paul (23%), Huntsman (17%), Gingrich (10%), Santorum (10%) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry (1%).
Romney became the first Republican candidate to win the first two contests since 1976.
Last week, Mashable asked Globalpoint Research if Twitter could predict the Iowa caucus, and although the results weren't perfect, they called for a much stronger showing by former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum than the national polls projected. After the closest Iowa caucus in American history, Santorum was defeated by a very thin margin.
The concept of Twitter predicting the GOP presidential race is not necessarily new. In fact, according to research revealed in November 2011, political candidates do better in the polls when they gain more Twitter followers. National polls happen all the time but it's possible to predict when certain candidates will climb in the rankings based the rate they are followed.
Do you think Twitter can predict how well candidates will do in the polls? Why or why not? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
BONUS: 10 Unforgettable On-Air Political Bloopers
Barack Obama got the number of U.S. states wrong at a 2008 presidential campaign stop: "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even, though, I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."
At a campaign stop in 2008, then-Sen. Joe Biden asked fellow politician Chuck Graham to stand up and be recognized by the audience. Biden then realized Graham was in a wheelchair. "Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see you. Oh, God love you. What am I talking about? I tell you what, you're making everybody else stand up, though, pal. I tell you what, stand up for Chuck. ... Can you tell I'm new at this?"
On set before a Fox News interview, Rev. Jesse Jackson thought his microphone wasn't on yet and fired off negative comments about Barack Obama. "See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on this faith based. I want to cut his nuts off."
In 2006, then Sen. George Allen calls a campaign volunteer "macaca," meaning monkey. The volunteer's name was S.R. Sidarth. "This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, 'macaca' or whatever his name is. ... Let's give a welcome to "macaca" here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia."
Former President Bill Clinton was filmed dozing off behind a speaker at a service to Martin Luther King Jr. in 2008. During his presidency, Clinton was known for taking naps throughout the day and even at public events such as New York Mets game.
During her "One Nation Bus Tour" in 2011, Sarah Palin told a reporter that Paul Revere warned the British about armed revolutionaries. Historians, however, say Revere didn't use bells, but rather alerted revolutionaries about the British. Palin claims her recollection is accurate.
At a post-caucus rally during the 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses, Howard Dean let out a scream that some viewers found odd coming from a presidential contender. Dean finished third in Iowa.
While this campaign ad from Christine O'Donnell isn't necessarily a blooper, it did leave many people scratching their heads.
Starting at 0:20 in this reel of bloopers, George W. Bush says, "The challenge facing the United States is that we have to be right one time, I mean, 100 percent of the time."
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