Recently, repetitive tweets containing the text "As a Hoosier, I'm calling on @SenDonnelly to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. #KavanaughSCOTUS" started showing up. Let's have a look. At the time of this writing, there are 756 such tweets from 727 accounts. 
Of these 727 accounts:
119 have default profile pictures (16.4%)
102 have fewer than 100 tweets (14.0%)
331 have fewer than 100 followers (45.5%)
These percentages are all roughly 5x what we usually see. Doesn't mean all these accounts are bots/sockpuppets, but some likely are.
119 have default profile pictures (16.4%)
102 have fewer than 100 tweets (14.0%)
331 have fewer than 100 followers (45.5%)
These percentages are all roughly 5x what we usually see. Doesn't mean all these accounts are bots/sockpuppets, but some likely are.
The first "As a Hoosier, I'm calling on @SenDonnelly to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. #KavanaughSCOTUS" tweet is from a default profile pic account with 18 tweets, and includes a button to allow others to quickly duplicate the tweet.
The term "Hoosier" implies Indiana residence. Are these users in fact located in Indiana? Obviously, there's no way for us to know for certain, but let's try to estimate based on the locations given on the accounts' profiles.
351 of the accounts have their profile location filled out in sufficient detail to decide whether or not they are located in Indiana. Of those 351, 100 (28.4%) give a location that directly contradicts Indiana residence.
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