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by burke 4996 days ago
Nevermind that even with spam bots filtered out, twitter users are not nearly representative of the voting base.
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This is an important point to keep in mind. I was surprised that the analysis seems to suggest a slightly more favorable view of Obama's performance than Romney's on Twitter, given the general consensus in the media that Romney won. It's probably because the young, plugged in Twitter crowd leans to the left.