The European Union Elections Generated 2.1 Million Related Tweets Last Weekend

Brexit was one of the most-discussed topics

Elections in the European Union kept Twitter humming last week.

Director of public policy for Europe Karen White said in a blog post that there were 2.1 million EU-election-related tweets from last Thursday through Sunday, when voters in 28 member nations went to the polls, with popular hashtags including #EP2019, #EUelections2019 and #ThisTimeImVoting.

The first two on that list spurred special hashtag-triggered emojis across all official EU languages.

There were 6.2 million election-related tweets since the start of the campaign in February, up 273% from the previous EU elections.

Brexit was one of the most-discussed topics, spurring 1.5

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