What we got right, what we got wrong, and when
The Voting with Your Tweet project produced a mixed bag of results according to our initial analysis.
Mark Huberty
Mark Huberty wrote the original code and paper on the Voting With Your Tweet project. He’s a doctoral candidate in Political Science at UC Berkeley.
- Email: mark.huberty@gmail.com
- Twitter: @@markhuberty
- Website: http://markhuberty.berkeley.edu
Stories by Mark
How Twitter users are talking about elections
By Mark Huberty Posted
After gathering nearly 600,000 messages mentioning Congressional candidates across the U.S., we look at what people are discussing.
Who would win the House if elections were held today?
By Mark Huberty Posted
Tweet VOTING WITH YOUR TWEET: An experiment in political forecasting As of 15 October, we showed Democrats winning about 33% (123 districts) of the 369 districts for which...
US House incumbents get more attention on Twitter
By Len De Groot and Mark Huberty Posted
Incumbents receive more tweets — often vastly more — than their challengers.
Illustrations of summary data
By Len De Groot and Mark Huberty Posted
Graphics that provide insight into the project's data. UPDATED DAILY
The Voting with your Tweet experiment
By Mark Huberty Posted
Between now and Election Day on November 6, 2012, we will test whether, using only data from Twitter, we can successfully predict who will win...
Frequently Asked Questions
By Mark Huberty and Len De Groot Posted
Plain language explanations of the methodology behind the Voting with your Tweet project.
Win-loss prediction
By Len De Groot and Mark Huberty Posted
A daily prediction of who will win in each congressional district. UPDATED DAILY
Projected vote share
By Len De Groot and Mark Huberty Posted
A map of projected vote share for congressional candidates. UPDATED DAILY