Votes on Twitter: Assessing Candidate Preferences and Topics of Discussion During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Social media offers scholars new and innovative ways of understanding public opinion, including citizens’ prospective votes in elections and referenda. We classify social media users’ preferences over the two U.S. presidential candidates in the 2016 election using Twitter data and explore the topics...

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Main Authors: Anjie Fang, Philip Habel, Iadh Ounis, Craig MacDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-03-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244018791653