#NotMyPresident: How Negative Sentiment Helped Democrats in the 2016 U.S. Congressional Elections

• In Event: Congress and Twitter: Issues and Negativity

Brief Overview

We apply sentiment analysis to tweets from candidates in the 2016 U.S. Congressional elections and relate sentiment measures to electoral outcomes. We argue that negative messaging has unique effects when a presidential candidate is highly unpopular.

Authors

• Yotam Shmargad, University of Arizona

• Meltem Odabas, University of Arizona

• Christopher Weber, University of Arizona

• Samarth Puri, University of Arizona