How Teddy came up on top of the #Harapan2013 twitter conversation

The #Harapan2013 Senatorial debate of ABS-CBN was a format very different from #RapplerDebate — time limits of answers ranged from only 15 seconds for the fast questions, to a minute for the panelist questions. Again, our Makabayan senatorial bet Teddy Casiño was there, along with several other candidates. Twitter was clearly abuzz with the senatorial debate as the #Harapan2013 hashtag continues to be a top trender as of 10AM today.

While fanatics of Risa Hontiveros were raving about her on Twitter, and even capturing a moment when the former Akbayan Party-list representative penetrated Twitter’s trending list, this single tweet completely changed the #Harapan2013 landscape:

I was impressed by the candidate Teddy Casino in #harapan2013. Il research on his track record. I might vote for him.

— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) April 21, 2013

I used the Tweet Archivist to analyze the hashtag’s trends — the tool shows which Twitter handles got the most mentions in all #Harapan2013 tweets, which words were the most used, and which hashtags accompanied #Harapan2013 the most. The results were amazing:

MEASURE OF USERS MENTIONED ALONGSIDE #Harapan2013

User Mentions	Count
@vicegandako	373
@teddycasino	241
@ANCALERTS	172
@risahontiveros	133
@ABSCBNNews	110
@TeamTeddyCasino	63
@Koko_Pimentel	37
@UPsaHalalan	31
@lyndajumilla	22
@SerbisyongKoko	22
@robertmarion	17
@ABSCBN_Halalan	15
@NUSPhilippines	15
@bamaquino	15
@gabrielaphils	14
@KatDeCastro	14
@iampeachaceron	13
@HEARTdino	12
@psychsakura	12
@jejunmar	11
@ShutangInaBeks	11
@ImRichardYap08	11
@peaceflores	11
@akapbata	10
@jumarjomar	10

MEASURE OF HASHTAGS USED ALONGSIDE #Harapan2013

Hashtag	Count
#teddycasino	27
#hontiveros	24
#halalan2013	19
#camerajuan	18
#phvote	14
#hagedorn	11
#teampnoy	11
#principled	9
#progressive	9
#responsive	8
#rhbill	6
#lgbt	6
#botoparasabata	5
#risahontiveros	5
#halalan20	4
#halal	4
#danielpadillaasaprawr	4
#kathrynbernardoasaprawr	4
#antidynasty	4
#teddycasiño	4
#votebam	4
#magic8	4
#paspasan	3
#philhealth	3
#ofw	3

MEASURE OF WORDS USED ALONGSIDE #Harapan2013

Word	Count
SA	618
ANG	558
TEDDY	398
NA	374
CASINO	342
NG	323
TRACK	290
IMPRESSED	287
RECORD	286
RESEARCH	277
IL	276
CANDIDATE	271
VOTE	260
MGA	227
HONTIVEROS	116
KO	114
APRIL	108
SALAMAT	100
AKO	97
MARAMING	96
RISA	95
PO	92
KAY	85
KANDIDATO	84
PA	78

That single tweet made Casiño trend to the top of the #Harapan2013 Twitter discussion, as followers of Vice Ganda and his fan club retweeted the statement in agreement.

Interestingly and ironically, Hontiveros, obviously Teddy’s closest competitor in the #Harapan2013 trends, earlier bought political ad space in Vice’s talk show, Gandang Gabi Vice. Teddy, meanwhile, had only the sharp and correct analyses and proposed solutions to convince the comic yet cerebral celebrity to express interest about his candidacy.

Our deepest gratitude to Vice Ganda for considering Teddy and sharing it to the Twitterverse. Congratulations to Teddy and to all our compatriots in the Makabayan Coalition for a job well done in advancing the politics of change! This is one small step — let’s continue struggling for that giant leap!