How Elon Musk's X made Democrats disappear

Full story: On Elon Musk’s X, Republican tweets go viral as Democrats disappear

We analyzed 150,000 tweets from the biggest Democratic and Republican accounts on X and found a clear shift in attention after the world's richest Trump supporter took the reins:

The top political accounts on X have seen their audiences crumble in the months before the election, a signal of the platform’s diminishing influence and usefulness to political discourse under billionaire owner Elon Musk, a Washington Post analysis found.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have struggled to win the attention they once enjoyed on the platform formerly known as Twitter, according to The Post’s review of months of data for the 100 top-tweeting congressional accounts, including senators, representatives and committees, equal parts Democrat and Republican.

But some of their tweets are still going mega-viral — virtually all of them from Republicans, the analysis shows. The Republicans have also seen huge spikes in follower counts over the Democrats, and their tweets have collectively received billions more views.

Our findings:

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