Dominican Republic
The presidency of the Dominican Republic tries hard to establish direct diplomatic relations on Twitter, unilaterally following 68 accounts of other world leader, however the presidency is only mutually followed by two of them.
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (1)
- followed unilaterally by (2)
- follows mutually (0)
Leonel Fernández, the incumbent President of the Dominican Republic, has been maintaining a personal Twitter account along the presidential one. Since February 2010 @LeonelFernandez has only tweeted 38 times, a quarter of which have been retweets. He has engaged in direct conversations twice, once replying to a citizen about government spending and once wishing a speedy recovery to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who was diagnosed with cancer: “Hugo, dear friend, the Dominican Republic is praying for your full recovery...”
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 38 | |
| Following: | 6 | |
| Followers: | 12,945 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 02/09/2010 | |
| Language: | Spanish | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 0.05 | |
| % Retweets: | 24% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.05 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 5% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 58% | |
| Total of retweets: | 202 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @Octavio_29 (1), @chavezcandanga (1). | ||
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (5)
- followed unilaterally by (0)
- follows mutually (0)
Danilo Medina won the 2012 Dominican presidential elections and will take office on 16 August 2012, succeeding Leonel Fernández. His personal account, @DaniloMedina was set up in April 2009. In the months leading to the May 2012 elections he has been tweeting 13 times/day on average, which places him among the ten most active tweeps. “Committed to building a country of opportunity and prosperity”, as he states in his Twitter bio, he has been using Twitter to present his vision about the country in 140-characters, regularly using Twitpics, hashtags and @mentions, but no links. His most popular tweet was sent on the day of his election on 21 May 2012: “Long live the Dominican Republic! May God bless you always.”
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 6,024 | |
| Following: | 8,038 | |
| Followers: | 62,045 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 04/26/2009 | |
| Language: | Spanish | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 12.97 | |
| % Retweets: | 6% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.3 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 9% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 91% | |
| Total of retweets: | 81,898 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @DaniloMedina (119), @margaritacdf (109), @sergiocarlo (21), @elPLD (14), @intecrd (10). | ||
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (68)
- followed unilaterally by (1)
- follows mutually (3)
The Presidency of the Dominican Republic has one of the five most active accounts, having tweeted an impressive 11,300 times since April 2010. @PresidenciaRD retweets more than any other world leader or governmental account; almost two-thirds of tweets are retweets while it @mentions other users in every third tweet. However, it is not particularly conversational, just 2% of all tweets are @replies.
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 11,293 | |
| Following: | 362 | |
| Followers: | 16,298 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 04/13/2010 | |
| Language: | Spanish | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 10.15 | |
| % Retweets: | 62% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.27 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 2% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 34% | |
| Total of retweets: | 12,007 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @MOPCRD (75), @MinerdOficial (49), @margaritacdf (44), @PrensaOficialRD (38), @PresidenciaRD (36). | ||
