How Characteristics of Members of the House of Representatives and the Political Environment Affect the Use of Political Attacks on Twitter

• In Event: Poster Session: Legislative Politics

Brief Overview

Using a novel data set of 1.25 million Tweets from members of the 115th House, we examine how characteristics of legislators and the political environment affect the tone and emotion of Tweets from members of Congress.

Authors

• Nicholas I Deas, Clemson University

• Jacob Sargent, Clemson University

• Spencer A Shellnutt, Clemson University