<P> Barack Obama is the most followed politician with 102 million followers on his personal twitter . He is followed by US President Donald Trump with 51.5 million followers on his own personal twitter . Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India is the third most followed politician with 42.4 million followers . </P> <P> In the United Kingdom and United States, politicians use Twitter to communicate and interact with their constituents . During her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton used Twitter to promote her campaign but unlike Obama, she did not follow back many of her new followers . In May 2011, 387 members of the United States Congress had Twitter accounts . During the primary race for president in 2008, John Edwards was also on Twitter . During the 2008 United States general election, during one monitored period, Obama made 261 Tweets while his Republican competitor John McCain made only 26 . On the state level in the United States, politicians tend to use Twitter primarily for constituent and policy related issues . The second most popular category of tweets is personal musings . The type of communication by United States politicians on Twitter varies from highly personal to press release like . </P> <P> British politicians on Twitter include David Cameron and Nick Clegg . In Australia, the Greens were initially more successful on Twitter than other political parties . The Australian Labor Party's politicians have used Twitter to attack their opposition, with some one creating a parody account featuring Tony Abbott . Kevin Rudd does not appear to be making his own tweets, rather some one else is likely to be doing it for him . </P> <P> Chilean politicians are using Twitter as an alternative method of communications as they find the mainstream press not giving them media coverage . Politicians in Greece and Japan also use Twitter to communicate with their constituents . Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has used Twitter to help change his image and make himself more personable . Venezuela President Hugo Chavez was one of the most followed Venezuelan accounts on Twitter . </P>

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