Polarizing Topics on Twitter in the 2022 United States Elections
Josip Katalinić,
Ivan Dunđer,
Sanja Seljan
Abstract:Politically polarizing issues are a growing concern around the world, creating divisions along ideological lines, which was also confirmed during the 2022 United States midterm elections. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the results of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections and the topics that were covered during the campaign. A dataset consisting of 52,688 tweets in total was created by collecting tweets of senators, representatives and governors who participated in the elections one… Show more
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