Sept 21 trends: Mourning RBG, taking down Lindsey Graham

Top House hashtags: 1. #qanon: This has shown pretty consistent levels over the last 10 days. In most of its high-retweet instances, it’s focusing on #GA-07, where Democrat Carolyn Bordeaux is running against Rich McCormick, who Democrats accuse of being a QAnon adherent. 2. #txpolitics: Today comes largely in the context of open letters to Read more about Sept 21 trends: Mourning RBG, taking down Lindsey Graham[…]

Sept 17 trends: Hopeful polls and healthcare concerns

Top House hashtags: 1. #wtpblue 2. #onev1 3. #qanon Top Senate hashtags: 1. #demcastme 2. #demcastsc 3. #mepolitics Interesting climbers: #aca – This refers, of course, to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Both sides are using the hashtag for their own purposes. The most popular post today comes from Texas 07, where Republicans argue Read more about Sept 17 trends: Hopeful polls and healthcare concerns[…]

Sept. 14 trends

LAST 24 HOURS IN A NUTSHELL: Top House hashtags: #parnellsplatoon #trump2020 #qanon Top Senate hashtags: #endpoliticalcorruption #demcastme #mepolitics Interesting climbers: #maskupmt: This time around, a lament that current #MTSen Senator Steve Daines is holding a “law enforcement appreciation BBQ” in Bozeman, MT, thus exposing police to COVID-19. #americandream: Here, purely retweets of an elderly tweet Read more about Sept. 14 trends[…]

Pollchatter: a reintroduction

This is a reintroduction, a reappearance. Mayflies come out only once every two years, right? Or is that cicadas? Back to you on that one. In any case: Pollchatter is a site meant to help make sense of the bewildering stream of election content on Twitter. It tracks tweets that reference any of 117 competitive Read more about Pollchatter: a reintroduction[…]