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Re:Presidential Candidate Sentiment Analysis using R by burke on Monday October 08, 2012 @01:55AM (#4625660)
Nevermind that even with spam bots filtered out, twitter users are not nearly representative of the voting base.
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Re:Presidential Candidate Sentiment Analysis using R by gklitt on Monday October 08, 2012 @03:55AM (#4625934)
This is an important point to keep in mind. I was surprised that the analysis seems to suggest a slightly more favorable view of Obama's performance than Romney's on Twitter, given the general consensus in the media that Romney won. It's probably because the young, plugged in Twitter crowd leans to the left.
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