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THE ECHO: A FRIDAY TIPSHEET OF
POLITICAL ACTIVITY ON TWITTER
ThankstothesupportofGSPMalumnusWilliamH.MadwayClassof2013. March 1-7:DespitewaninginterestonTwitterfortheParklandShootingandguncontrolproposals(bothdown67percentfromlastweek)aswellastheNationalRifleAssociation(down74percent),thethreecombineddrewmorethan3.3millionrelatedtweets.Despitethisdrawdowninnationalattentionontheplatform,advocateswonacompromiseintheFloridalegislatureonWednesday,institutingathree-daywaitingperiodonthepurchaseoflonggunsand,critically,increasingtheageofpurchasingsuchweaponsto21from18.Theshooterwas19.Additionalfindings,includingtweetsaboutTrump’stariffs,thespecialelectioninPennsylvania18withDemocratConorLambnowup3%inaTrump+20%district,HopeHicks’departure,andTrump’16advisorSamNunberg’sTVmeltdownsareavailableonMedium.
INSTITUTIONS
POTUS
5.0m▼12%Republicans1.8m▼23%
Democrats1.4m▼12%
U.S.Senate51k▲60%
U.S.House13k▲7%
KEY RACES
Smith(MN)16k▲391%
Nelson(FL)12k▼53%
Brown(OH)7k▲71%
Manchin(WV)7k▲98%
Heller(NV)6k▲2%
CoffmanCO-06
4k▼12%
LewisMN-023k▼4%
BaconNE-021k▼6%
KnightCA-25
1k▲8%
FasoNY-19
981▼30%
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NEWSMAKERS
Trump’16AdvisorSamNunberg
477k▲21,074%
Sr.TrumpAdvisorJaredKushner331k▼2%
Fmr.Comms.Dir.HopeHicks238k▼10%
PA-18CandidateConorLamb58k▲34%
PA-18CandidateRickSaccone24k▲65%
HOT TOPICS
NationalRifle
Association/NRA1.8m▼74%
SchoolShootinginParkland,FL/#NeverAgain1.0m▼67%
Tariffs/TradeWars
970k▲10,443%
GunControlandRelatedProposals871k▼67%
#MeToo/#TimesUp
221k▲52%
Top tweets
31kRetweets|122kLikes|Link3kRetweets|8kLikes|Link
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THE ECHO
about: ReleasedweeklyonFridaymorningsonU.S.News&WorldReport,THEECHOisasocialmediaresearchpublicationofGeorgeWashingtonUniversityGraduateSchoolofPoliticalManagement’s(GSPM)PublicEchoesofPoliticalRhetoricinAmerica(PEORIA)Project.THEECHOisfundedinpartbyGSPMalumnusWilliamH.Madwayandthroughareduced-costlicensetoCrimsonHexagon.
methodology: TheECHOfeaturesU.S.datacollatedbysetsofkeywordsontheCrimsonHexagonplatform.Thefirstvaluerepresentsthenumberofrelatedtweetsincludingthenameortopicandtheseconddemonstratesitsincreaseordecreaseovertheweek.OuranalysisisinformedbyfurtherresearchusingCrimsonHexagon’sadditionalfeatures,whichallowsustoquicklyviewtrendingtopicsandsearchterms.KeyRacesaredeterminedonarollingbasisbasedonoureditorialteam’sevaluationsofcampaignsratedas“TossUp”bytheCookPoliticalReport,Sabato’sCrystalBall,andInsideElectionswithNathanL.Gonzales.WefeaturethetopfiveracesintheSenate(top)andtheHouse(bottom)asafunctionofseven-dayrelated-tweetvolumeonTwitter.TheyarelistedinorderofthetotalnumberoftimeseachwerementionedonTwitteroverthepastsevendays(ThursdaytoWednesday).TopInstitutionsincludeseveralcomponents.Wetrackbothparties,chambersofCongress,andthepresidencywithseveralrelatedtermsbeyondtheirofficialaccountsonTwitter.Forexample,thepresidencyincludes@POTUSand@realDonaldTrumpaswellas“DonaldTrump”,“PresidentTrump”and“DonaldTrump”assearchterms.NewsmakersandHotTopicsaredetectedinseveralwaysusingMemeorandum.com,TheWeek’sDailyBriefing“10Things”,andgeneralmonitoringthroughouttheweek.FinaldecisionsonwhattoincludearemadebyoureditorialteamandlistedfromlefttorightinorderoftotalmentionsonTwitter.TopTweetsarelistedasexamplesofpoststhatdrovetheweek’sdiscussiononTwitter.Inmostcases,thesewillincludealargenumberof@replies,retweets,andfavorites(hearts)butbecauseofvaryingnumbersoffollowers,othertweetsmighthavegreatertotalengagementthantheoneslisted.
Contact:SignuptoreceiveTheECHOinyourInboxeveryFridayhere.ForquestionsaboutTheECHO,pleasecontactitsauthorDr.MichaelD.CohenatGSPMbyemailatmichaeldcohen@gwu.edu.FormoreinformationabouttheGSPMGlobalCenterforPoliticalManagementandThePEORIAProject,pleasecontactDr.MichaelCornfieldbyemailatcorn@gwu.edu.ForquestionsaboutGSPM,pleasecontactDr.LaraBrownbyemailatlarambrown@gwu.edu.Allcanbereachedbyphoneat202-994-6000.