As has become something of a tradition, we captured tweets containing #DemDebate/#DemocraticDebate before, during, and after the 4th Democratic debate. We wound up with 1208265 tweets from 300829 accounts over a 24 hour period; ~0.8% of tweets look automated.
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@ZellaQuixote Which candidates were discussed most frequently in #DemDebate/#DemocraticDebate tweets? Elizabeth Warren, followed by Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Andrew Yang (who took the top spot in the previous debate), Kamala Harris, and Tulsi Gabbard.
@ZellaQuixote Next, we ran VADER sentiment analysis on the #DemDebate/ #DemocraticDebate tweets. Overall, sentiment scores decreased slightly following the debate. Scores for several candidates differ sharply depending on whether the candidate’s own tweets and RTs thereof are included.
@ZellaQuixote The large negative swing in sentiment for #DemDebate/#DemocraticDebate tweets mentioning Julián Castro (and smaller dips for Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang) resulted largely from one of his own tweets. Sentiment for Gabbard trends downward in general but upward in her own tweets.
@ZellaQuixote What websites were linked from tweets containing #DemDebate or #DemocraticDebate? Mostly MSM and candidate websites (most frequently Yang’s), but a swarm of accounts linking fiverr(dot)com hijacked the hashtags to hawk their services (legitimate or otherwise.)
@ZellaQuixote (We also tracked the trending topics during the debate here)
