We downloaded recent tweets linking YouTube videos and containing the last name, common nickname, or Twitter handle of each 2020 Democratic candidate and analyzed the channels and videos linked. Sanders, Yang, and Warren show up the most frequently.
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@ZellaQuixote Here are the 20 YouTube channels most frequently linked from tweets mentioning each candidate. Channels that show up prominently for multiple candidates include Secular Talk, GOP War Room, The Young Turks, One American News Network (OANN), and The Jimmy Dore Show.
@ZellaQuixote Next, we looked at the videos most often linked alongside each candidate's name or Twitter handle. One of Project Veritas' so-called "exposes" takes the top two spots for @BernieSanders; the remainder is a mixed bag of pro-Sanders, anti-Sanders, and anti-other candidate material.
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders YouTube videos linked from tweets about @AndrewYang, by contrast, are almost entirely positive or neutral - none of the top 20 are attacks on Yang and only a couple target other candidates.
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders @AndrewYang Almost all of the top 20 YouTube videos featured in tweets about @ewarren are criticism of Warren for recent events involving her and Sanders. The one exception is a clip focused on Yang.
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders @AndrewYang @ewarren As seems to be a bit of a theme, most of the YouTube videos frequently linked from tweets about @JoeBiden are negative toward Biden. Right-wing channels focus on conspiracy theories the Bidens and Ukraine, while left-wing channels compare him unfavorably with Sanders.
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders @AndrewYang @ewarren @JoeBiden YouTube tweets mentioning @TulsiGabbard have a heavy focus on recent events in Iran, although a video complaining about Gabbard being excluded from a CNN town hall managed to make third place.
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders @AndrewYang @ewarren @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard The YouTube video most often linked from tweets about @MikeBloomberg (from "Guns & Gadgets") alleges that newly passed gun control laws in Virginia are the result of Bloomberg's money rather than the will of the people. The gun control theme recurs in some of the other videos.
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders @AndrewYang @ewarren @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @MikeBloomberg The trend of negativity continues with YouTube videos linked from tweets about @PeteButtigieg, who in addition to a mayor and presidential candidate is apparently also a bread price-fixing CIA asset.
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders @AndrewYang @ewarren @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @MikeBloomberg @PeteButtigieg Also per YouTube videos found in tweets, @amyklobuchar is forgetful (this is apparently important enough that several people felt the need to make videos on this topic)and engages in "uninspired centrist small thinking."
@ZellaQuixote @BernieSanders @AndrewYang @ewarren @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @MikeBloomberg @PeteButtigieg @amyklobuchar Finally, the most commonly tweeted YouTube video in tweets about @TomSteyer is called "OH NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT! 😂" and the remaining videos for the most part ain't particularly friendly toward Steyer either.
