Trump, Hillary Fight Battle of Instagram

Donald Trump is winning the race for attracting new Instagram followers so far this year – but Hillary Clinton's pictures posted on the popular social media platform are topping Trump's with more "likes," according to USA Today.

The black and white photo of Clinton posted on Instagram before she faced off with Trump in their first presidential debate, captioned "Let's go. #Debate," has 276,000 likes, making its the most-liked photo for either candidate, the paper reported. 

 

Let's go. #Debate

A photo posted by Hillary Clinton (@hillaryclinton) on Oct 9, 2016 at 5:57pm PDT

The most-liked Instagram photograph using the hashtag #ImWithHer is Ariana Grande's post of an old photo of the Democratic presidential nominee giving a press conference to urge people to register to vote, according to USA Today. That Instagram photo garnered 961,000 "likes." 

 

Babes, I am imploring you to please register and partake in this crucial election. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #iRegistered #ImWithHer

A photo posted by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Sep 27, 2016 at 12:27pm PDT

For Team Trump, the most-liked post using the hashtag #MakeAmericaGreatAgain is one of the GOP nominee digging into some Kentucky Fried Chicken after a campaign event, which got 178,000 "likes." 

 

Great afternoon in #Ohio & a great evening in #Pennsylvania - departing now. See you tomorrow #Virginia! #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #TrumpTrain #TrumpPence16

A photo posted by Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on Aug 1, 2016 at 7:58pm PDT

But when it comes to attracting new followers, Trump trumped Clinton, according to USA Today. Over the course of the campaign this year, Trump has gained 1.9 million Instagram followers. Clinton has gotten 1.8 million new fans.

The data collection was between Jan. 1 to Oct. 9, USA Today reported.

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