A review of all the 2008 Presidential hopefuls reveals that Hillary Clinton has had the most views in a given period of time (the last two months) than any other candidate, though Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and surprisingly Sam Brownback have enjoyed solid readership as well.
Gambling911.com's own political analyst initiated the study.
"It is evident that Hillary Clinton does have a strong following on YouTube but, to be perfectly clear, a few of her top spots were fueled by heavy mainstream media promotions," Ms. Stroup acknowledged.
In particular, Hillary Clinton's "I Need Your Advice", which received some 623,515 views in the last two months. This was the much ballyhooed clip asking supporters to choose her campaign song.
Barack Obama's "YouTube Spotlight" - posted just over a month ago - received some 551,943 views.
"Our review did not take into account the overtly sex charged 'Obama Girl' YouTube videos, which have received a tremendous number of hits for sure but due to their nature, it is unknown how many actual Obama supporters viewed this video series," Stroup commented. "It is entirely possible that a large number of those viewing the 'Obama Girl' videos probably care little about Obama."
Elsewhere among the Democratic party, John Edwards received 372,872 views for his "Bring About Change" video.
Among the Republicans, Mitt Romney's "The Greatest Challenge" got some 451,915 views, the most of any other Republican candidate.
John McCain's "You Choose" video received 302,778 views, however, a more controversial piece featuring the Arizona Senator singing "Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran" received 727,875 views.
"The video in question was brought up in the press and cannot be used as a reflection of McCain's popularity, especially due to the negative connotations attached to it."
Interestingly enough, YouTube Political poster candidate Ron Paul received only 282,610 view counts for his most watched video. That might be a little misleading, however, since the volume and quality of videos involving Paul are considered much greater (i.e. his searches are void of "Obama Girls" and plenty more "messages" whereby some candidates only have one or two direct messages over the past few months).
Hillary Clinton Tops With YouTube Crowd