Burson-Marsteller's effort to "identify the ten most politically influential people on Twitter..."

g20influencers excerpt 
In the United States, results show a set of broad influencers, primarily media personalities, as the most influential public affairs Twitter users. 
...The data used for the study was taken in March 2012 based on activity over a 90 day period.

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