text:  And the algorithm favors extreme points of view. That is true across social media. So following the political trends on X is actually quite a terrible way of doing politics in the United States, which is why I've suggested to my fellow Republicans that when it comes to campaigning, you might want to go out and touch some grass. You might want to actually, you know, be outside in the world. In this race, Jamal Bowman had 360,000 Twitter followers. George Latimer had 6,000.