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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-03-01
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Series: | SAGE Open |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244018791653 |