I can see the case for conservatives gaining followers (if they trust the service to treat them fairly)

I don't see the case for liberals experiencing a mass exodus of followers. Why would a follower of an account tilting liberal suddenly not want to follow the liberal account they have liked? Especially considering many who "lost" followers are somewhat miffed at the losses --so it seems that although Twitter is changing ownership these voices still see it as a valuable and useful medium whereas for the numbers to line up, the followers would have to have the opposite view from the accounts they follow. Time will tell.