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 | 132 | 405,920 | 109,652 |
| Liberal | 31 | 272,838 | 92,507 |
| Ndp | 93 | 188,920 | 100,284 |
| Green | 1 | 39,556 | 22,359 |
| Bloc | 1 | 1,180 | 1,954 |
