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On Positivity and Politicians: Polling for Sentiment on Twitter

March 1, 2016 by Eric Clark

On Positivity and Politicians:  Polling for Sentiment on Twitter

For many, social media has become the preferred outlet to profess opinions and express personal endorsements for candidates. Twitter, being public and widely used, offers a potentially powerful way to gauge the political pulse of the electorate. Now that the dust has settled after 'Super Tuesday', let's take a look at the primaries so far. We collected political tweets by … [Read more...]

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