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The subreddit r/SandersForPresident has 225,000-plus subscribers and serves as a grassroots organizing hub for the campaign. For most of the 2016 cycle, though, Bernie Sanders supporters dominated the site like no one in its history.

The subreddit has attracted the attention of prominent Trump supporters like conservative commentator Ann Coulter, who recently hosted a Q&A on r/The_Donald.Ī large faction within Reddit has always had an anti-establishment and libertarian streak, and many users promoted Ron Paul’s candidacy in 2012. Pro-Trump posts routinely garner enough upvotes - roughly akin to Facebook’s “likes” - to turn up on the site’s homepage, leaving some of Reddit’s users bewildered by their appearance. The Sanders campaign keeps in touch with its r/SandersForPresident backers, though, while Trump’s campaign has said it has no involvement with Reddit. Neither Trump nor Sanders are responsible for the content on their subreddits, which were created by outside supporters, and no other candidates have a major following on the site. RELATED: Cruz sweeps Colorado as Trump campaign issues error-filled ballots Another top post on Wednesday: “Ted Cruz always looks like he just crapped his pants a bit and hopes you didn’t notice.” “Raphael the Sniggering Rat is trying to stump, saying Trump is ‘whining’ about Colorado, and still claiming that people in the state actually voted at all,” read one popular post on Tuesday, a reference to Cruz’s full name, Rafael Edward Cruz.

Ted Cruz after he swept Colorado’s 34 delegates, which were chosen at a series of state and district conventions. This week, the Trump subreddit is awash with posts lashing out at Sen. In doing so, it lapped the next most popular candidate subreddit, r/SandersForPresident, which attracted 35 million views in March. The subreddit r/The_Donald scored nearly 52 million page-views in March, up from 12.6 million in February and 1.3 million in January. In recent weeks, though, thousands of users have posted gifs, memes, and links to articles praising Trump and tearing into his perceived opponents.