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Network Analysis of the 2016 Presidential Campaign Tweets

Social and Information Networks 2020-09-30 v1
Authors: Dmitry Zinoviev
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Abstract

We applied complex network analysis to ~27,000 tweets posted by the 2016 presidential election's principal participants in the USA. We identified the stages of the election campaigns and the recurring topics addressed by the candidates. Finally, we revealed the leader-follower relationships between the candidates. We conclude that Secretary Hillary Clinton's Twitter performance was subordinate to that of Donald Trump, which may have been one factor that led to her electoral defeat.

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complex network analysis twitter 2016 presidential election leader-follower relationship candidate topics social media

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@article{arxiv.2009.13659,
  title  = {Network Analysis of the 2016 Presidential Campaign Tweets},
  author = {Dmitry Zinoviev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.13659},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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