Social media is pulling Democratic leaders and newly elected candidates into a contest for attention, according to two recent reports from Axios and NPR. NPR framed its report around Democrats winning big in the midterm elections, while Axios focused on the party's top leaders.

Axios reported that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are described as cautious, calm and compromise-minded leaders. The report, written by Jim VandeHei, said social media is "a temptress no party leader has tamed."

According to the Axios summary, the pull of attention, likes and followers has proven too strong for even the savviest and most self-promotional politicians to resist. Axios presented this as a lesson of the internet, though the available summary ends before that point is fully developed.

NPR reported, in a story by Danielle Kurtzleben, that social media is full of Democrats celebrating attractive men elected in the midterms. NPR described the trend as "bigger than a meme" and said it says a lot about the politics of masculinity in the age of Trump.

The two reports differ in emphasis. Axios focuses on party leaders and the pull of social media, while NPR focuses on the male candidates being celebrated online and what the trend says about masculinity.

Neither summary names the candidates involved or includes a response from Schumer, Jeffries or any candidate. The summaries available for this report also do not include the full text of either story, so the details here are limited to their headlines and summaries.

Sources: Axios: Democrats in power confront the social media trap; NPR: As Democrats win big, thirst traps of male candidates take social media by storm.