Leigh Ann Caldwell ✓

@LACaldwellDC · Washington, DC · joined 14 Jul 2009

Chief Washington Correspondent @pucknews. Mostly on the Hill. Frmr: Washington Post, NBC News, etc. Board: Center for Effective Lawmaking LeighAnn@Puck.news

59 157Followers

1 820Following

15 546Posts total

231.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views20 170this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %34.10%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.45%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	20 170	2 896	6.96×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	34.10%	9.51%	3.59×
Engagement rate	0.45%	1.56%	0.29×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

21.1K25 Aug

3.4K

31.5K1 Sep

19.2K

155.1K

1.6K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.22%25 Aug

0.45%

1.18%1 Sep

0.46%

0.05%

0.64%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes76.2%481 in total

Reposts14.4%91 in total

Replies3.3%21 in total

Quotes1.4%9 in total

Bookmarks4.6%29 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Joining @KatyTurNBC on @MSNOWNews in a few to talk about my exclusive access to focus groups of moderate women---a key swing demographic in several battleground states—who are reeling from high gas prices, frustrated with their grocery bills, worried about A.I., pissed off. 1.6K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 In the GOP conference meeting, Speaker Johnson was characteristically optimistic about Republicans’ chances in the midterms. But some Republicans worry that leaving town to campaign until after the midterms is bad for their agenda and bad politics. @laurenboebert listed nearly a 155.1K views · 54 likes · 6 reposts · 7 replies 01 Sep 2026 Always read @juliaioffe 19.2K views · 78 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 Back in April, I reported that Dan Driscoll, secretary of the Army, was going to leave the job by the end of summer. Today, on August 31, he did just that. https://t.co/8arqr5TQ3H.. 31.5K views · 297 likes · 62 reposts · 11 replies 01 Sep 2026 In a wonky campaign finance case, Dems are celebrating a 4th Circuit ruling. After SCOTUS knocked down the coordination limits b/w candidates and campaign committees, the 4th Circuit ruled that campaign committees don't get the cheaper candidate ad rates. The SCOTUS decision was 3.4K views · 11 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 25 Aug 2026 New for @PuckNews AOC is undecided on her next step. She's taken steps to moderate her image into more of a progressive pragmatist than a radical. "The moment couldn’t be hotter for her,” one Dem strategist told me. But her very public decision to freeze her eggs shows how the 21.1K views · 33 likes · 10 reposts · 2 replies 25 Aug 2026