Politwitter has been collecting & analysing statistics on Canadian political twitter usage since May 2009.
I've been adding more fun & innovative ways to utilize the Twitter data. Below is a summary of the various statistics pages currently available with more planned!
Election 2011 Stats
- 2011 Election Stats
collection of daily stats and charts during the 2011 election campaign. Including daily sentiment towards parties & leaders.
- 2011 Leaders Debate Stats
collection of stats & charts for the Twitter activity during the period surrounding the TV Leaders debates.
- Election Promises
tracking the Twitter stats & sentiment of the election promises made by the parties during the 2011 campaign.
- Election Issues
tracking the Twitter stats & sentiment of the key issues of the campaign.
- Swing Ridings
analysis of candidate Twitter & facebook followers in swing ridings.
- Election Day Statistics
stats on all the tweets throught the entire election day on May 2nd, 2011.
Federal Party Social Media Stats
| party |
mps |
twitter followers |
facebook fans |
| Conservative | 131 | 358,560 | 103,537 |
| Liberal | 32 | 231,458 | 85,899 |
| Ndp | 66 | 126,581 | 65,558 |
| Green | 1 | 35,756 | 19,833 |
| Bloc | 2 | 1,325 | 2,121 |