Left-right Tweets analysis tracks Aussie MPs
A Flinders-based study of over 50,000 Tweets has shown where Australian politicians ‘really’ sit on a left-right scale based upon key words, comments and statements.
A Flinders-based study of over 50,000 Tweets has shown where Australian politicians ‘really’ sit on a left-right scale based upon key words, comments and statements.
Voting along party lines obscures the opinions of individuals, so Professor Thad Kousser intends to use other indicators, including tweets, to find out what our politicians really think.