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Who Has a Policy that Would Benefit You? More Voters Say Trump.
National survey data from the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections shed light on how candidates' campaign strategies impact voter policy recall.
November 2, 2024
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How Americans’ Confidence in Technology Firms has Dropped
Results from the American Institutional Confidence poll's second wave show that the public's confidence in technology, and tech companies, has markedly decreased over the past five years.
June 14, 2023
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Which Republicans Are Most Likely to Think the Election Was Stolen?
Those who dislike Democrats and don’t mind white nationalists. That includes plenty of Republicans with college educations.
January 19, 2021
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Issue Discussion in the Georgia Senate Elections
Taking Twitter data, we want to better understand which issues matter most to voters in the Georgia Senate election. We find that voters pick up on topics mentioned in attack ads and that voters tend to not view this as a national election.
December 22, 2020
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Debate Twitter: Mapping User Reactions to the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debates
As the largest Democratic primary field in modern history continues to narrow, we wanted to examine how the debates drove the conversation online, and specifically how voters changed their opinions over time.
March 3, 2020
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Why Don't Trump Voters Feel Betrayed? Because They're Getting What They Wanted.
Our research suggests it might be because Trump is delivering the traditional conservative policies that large shares of his voters wanted all along.
February 1, 2018
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Syrian Refugee Crisis Data Report
Social media data provides new insights into how the world watches a humanitarian disaster unfold in real time. We analyze Twitter data and find which events grab global attention, how perceptions shift, and whose narratives gain traction.
September 16, 2016
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Here’s What 29 Million Tweets Can Teach Us About Brexit
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union caused a dramatic surge in Brexit-related tweets. Our analysis of millions of them provides key insights into the success of the “leave” campaign, the surprising dominance of economic issues in the online debate, and the referendum’s increasingly global audience.
July 20, 2016
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Brexit Data Report
What can social media teach us about the motivations of Brexit voters and the global ramifications of the referendum? After analyzing 29 million tweets on the topic, we provide key insights about user views.
July 14, 2016
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Egyptian Elections on Twitter, Far More Interesting Than Egyptian Elections
The meager voter turnout at Egypt's first parliamentary elections since 2012 has been chalked up to apathy and frustration among Egyptian citizens, but an analysis of 500,000 tweets indicates that citizens’ distrust, exclusion and alienation from Egyptian politics is to blame.
December 4, 2015
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This is What Twitter Can Teach Us About John Kasich’s (And Everyone Else’s!) Debate Performance
Did John Kasich’s “grown up” strategy work? Could moderate Republicans be warming to Rand Paul? To answer these questions and more, we analyze 426,717 tweets from the fourth Republican debate.
November 12, 2015
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The Fourth GOP Debate: Going Beyond Mentions
Continuing previous work, we want to measure viewers' impressions of presidential candidates in real time, specifically around the fourth GOP debate.
November 10, 2015
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The Third Republican Debate: During and After
We want to better understand how people of differing ideological backgrounds, specifically Republicans and Democrats, respond within and to political discussions.
October 28, 2015