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Top 10 Rankings 2015

Research Note: World Leader Rankings on Twitter December 2015 7 #5 Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto moved up four spots, further strengthening his position as the most followed Latin American leader and among the 10 most followed world leaders on Twitter. Although he sends out almost three tweets per day, he’s not very conversational as only 2% of these are direct @replies to his followers. In August 2015, the President got embroiled in a rather ‘incon-sock- quential’ controversy when Twitter exploded over a picture of him running a 10-kilometer road race in Mexico City in which he appeared to be wearing his socks backwards. Matters took a turn for the worse when he decided to clear the air by tweeting a picture of said pair of socks, proving that he hadn’t worn them wrong. Unfortunately for him, this led to even more criticism with journalists pointing out that his administration is more concerned about trivial #sockgate issues rather than discussing crucial topics such as the sharp decline in the nation’s peso, the mystery of 43 missing Ayotzinapa students and the daring escape of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman from Mexico’s highest security prison the month before. Today, Peña Nieto faces dwindling public support halfway through his six-year term. A Reforma.com poll showed that only 34% of Mexicans support him while 64 % oppose him, a historically low level for a Mexican leader.

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