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Table 4 Top five most followed climate-related Twitter accounts by U.S. senators

	Republicans	# of follows	% of group	Democrats	# of follows	% of group	Crossovers	# of follows	% of group
1.	NASA^a,b	6	12	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency^a,b	20	53	U.S. Department of Energy^a,b	2	13
2.	NOAA^a,b	6	12	U.S. Department of Energy^a,b	13	34	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency^a,b	2	13
3.	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency^a,b	5	10	NASA^a,b	11	29	NASA^a,b	2	13
4.	U.S. Department of Energy^b	4	8	NOAA^a,b	8	21	NOAA^a,b	2	13
5.	U.S. Geological Survey^a,b	2	4	Sierra Club	8	21	U.S. Geological Survey^a,b	2	13

Data were extracted from 89 senators comprising 49 Republicans and 38 Democrats. Also shown are follows by 15 “Crossover” Republicans (who are also included in overall Senate Republican statistics) who crossed party lines to vote with Democrats on the Hoeven amendment. ^aTwitter accounts followed by both Senate Democrats and Republicans; ^bFollowed by Senate Democrats and Crossover Republicans

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