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Social media connectedness, Trump endorsements, and GOP outcomes in 2022 Senate races

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Summary
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71% Informative

Northeastern University study looked at Republican Twitter users during 2022 U.S. Senate elections.

Study found that people in tightly connected social groups were more inclined to support GOP candidates, except in cases involving an endorsement from former President Donald Trump .

The researchers gathered data from a large panel of Twitter users and analyzed structure of their social networks.

The study, “Embeddedness, Social Contagion , and Vote Choice in the 2022 U.S. Senate Elections ,” was authored by Costas Panagopoulos and Nunzio Lore .

“We view this study as a first cut in trying to link individuals’ embeddedness in social media networks to their social and political behaviors.”.

VR Score

88

Informative language

96

Neutral language

61

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

77

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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