UPDATE 1-Trump's call to ban Muslims draws fire on social media

(Adds data on social media reaction outside the U.S. vs. within
the U.S.)
By Angela Moon and Melissa Fares
NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Republican presidential
contender Donald Trump's demand that the U.S. stop allowing
Muslims into the United States lit up social media on Tuesday,
as critics of the proposal around the world took to Twitter (N:TWTR) and
Facebook (O:FB) to express their outrage.
Outside of the United States, there were about 4.2 negative
mentions for every positive one on social media regarding Trump,
according to data provided by Zoomph, an analytics platform that
tracks and aggregates social media mentions. Within the country,
there were about 3.2 negative mentions per a single positive
mention.
Sentiment toward the outspoken billionaire candidate on
Twitter fell sharply, Thomson Reuters data showed, down to
negative 12.3 from an average of about negative 5 before his
proposal regarding Muslims on Monday afternoon.
Muslims in Pakistan and Indonesia, denounced Trump's call
for the ban, dismissing him as a bigot who promoted violence.
In Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population,
Twitter user @aulia, said: "Donald Trump has made America
dangerous. He doesn't need to win to turn the US into Nazi
Germany."
In Europe, a Twitter user identified as @frauke1983 wrote:
"Let's say Donald Trump is not allowed to travel to Europe ...
forever"
For more reaction on Twitter, see: http://www.reuters.com/subjects/trump-reaction#2bBQKEO5CoZbOiwp.97

FIVE U.S. STATES DOMINATE TRUMP TRAFFIC
In the United States, just five states accounted for more
than half the American Twitter traffic on Trump, according to
Keyhole, a real-time social media analytics tool. The biggest
buzz came from New York state, home of one of the largest Muslim
populations in the country and the origin of 15 percent of all
mentions of Trump.
California followed with 14 percent of the volume, while
Texas grabbed the No. 3 spot with 12 percent. Virginia and
Georgia, at 5 percent each, rounded out the top five states.
Worldwide, U.S. mentions of Trump accounted for 58 percent
of the total, with Canada a distant second with 5 percent and
Germany at No. 3 with 4 percent.
The Republican presidential front-runner's proposal prompted
a torrent of criticism from both Democratic and Republican
presidential candidates, the White House, senior Obama
administration officials and congressional leaders that
continued on Tuesday.
On Twitter, the most popular hashtags associated with the
outspoken billionaire candidate following his proposal were
#TrumpisnotmyAmerica and #DontVoteTrump.
More typically, hashtags most popularly associated with
Trump are #Trump, #Trump2016, #DonaldTrump and
#MakeAmericaGreatAgain, according to online research firm
Hashtagify.me.
This was not the first time Trump has made controversial
comments during his campaign. But it was the most dramatic
response by a candidate yet to last week's shooting spree in San
Bernardino by two Muslims who the FBI said had been radicalized.
Outside of the United States, the topic "Donald Trump" and
"Muslims" were searched the most in Kenya, Panama and Puerto
Rico, according to Google (O:GOOGL) Trends.
An image of Trump with his arm raised, directly comparing
him to Adolf Hitler, also trended heavily.
A number of Tweets posited that Trump's remark was his
"jumping the shark" moment, suggesting it could mark the peak of
the outspoken billionaire' s meteoric climb in popularity in the
race for the Republican nomination for president.
"The shark has been jumped. #trump," Tweeted MSNBC program
"Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough. That tweet generated more
than 100 retweets.