Presidential Debates 2012: How Closely Does Social Sentiment Match the Polls?
Last night's debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney was a narrow win for the incumbent president, according to a CNN/ORC International poll of registered voters who had watched the broadcast. Portent CEO Ian Lurie, who has been tracking social media data on the Obama and Romney campaigns since April, said he saw similar results on Facebook.
Last night’s debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney was a narrow win for the incumbent president, according to a CNN/ORC International poll of registered voters who had watched the broadcast. Portent CEO Ian Lurie, who has been tracking social media data on the Obama and Romney campaigns since April, said he saw similar results on Facebook.
Lurie deliberately chose Facebook for this debate after finding too much strong language on Twitter surrounding the first debate on October 3.
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