Rick Santorum Twitter Social Media Profile. Rick Santorum Twitter Sentiment and social network analysis. Rick Santorum ’s Twitter Social Media profile is live here. Rick Santorum is one of the people we are tracking as part of our ttwick US 2012 elections page using twitter and other social media data. The former two-term senator from Pennsylvania officially announced his entry into the GOP … [Read more...]
Elections 2012: technology is becoming a strong influencer of the same magnitude or bigger than for the elections in 1960. On September 26th, 1960 the first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy was broadcast live on TV across the entire country. The relative merits of the candidates are still being discussed, but one thing is universally agreed: TV, a relatively … [Read more...]
Analysis of tons of raw data in social media messages to come up with a "National Priorities" chart is one of the most interesting analyses that we are performing @ttwick, for both the US and the Venezuelan elections of 2012. For a real-time National Priorities analysis of the 2012 Venezuelan Elections, based on data mining social media, click here. For a real-time National Priorities analysis of the 2012 US … [Read more...]
El 24 de enero de 2012, Leopoldo López, uno de los oponentes más fuertes contra el presidente Chávez, se retiró de las elecciones en Venezuela. Se comprometió a apoyar al candidato Henrique Capriles Radonski. ¿Cuál fue el efecto de este movimiento en la base de apoyo de López a Radonski? Para responder a esta pregunta, analizamos el flujo de las comunicaciones a través de Twitter, … [Read more...]
What is the effect of Leopoldo Lopez dropping out of the Venezuelan elections? On January 24th, 2012, Leopoldo Lopez, one of the strongest opponents against President Chavez, dropped out of the Venezuelan elections. He pledged to support candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. What was the effect of this move on the other candidates’ support base? To answer this question, we analyzed the flow of communications … [Read more...]
El análisis cuantitativo de data en redes sociales se esta convirtiendo en una herramienta importante para monitorear el comportamiento de masas en situaciones tales como elecciones presidenciales o regionales, estructuración de campañas publicitarias, lanzamiento de nuevos productos al mercado, predicción de "revueltas populares", etc. El centro DARPA (adjunto al Pentágono), y la CIA están usando el … [Read more...]
Hugo Chavez Social Media Analysis. Hugo Chavez social media profile is live here. I still remember my meeting with Hugo Chavez back in 1998, when I was an executive for AIG Global Investments, which along with Goldman Sachs was then one of Wall Street's largest financial services firms. At that time, Hugo Chavez was a Presidential candidate with a chance for the executive position. AIG was not … [Read more...]
Nicolas Maduro social media profile is live here. Nicolas Maduro began his political career as a bus driver and unofficial trade-unionist representing the workers of the Caracas Metro system in the 1970s and 1980s. He finished high school in the Liceo Avalos, a public high-school west of Caracas during the '80 (El Valle neighborhood), but lacks any university or further education. He is considered one of the … [Read more...]
Henrique Capriles' twitter and social media sentiment analysis, social network analysis, vote projection, and collective perception in national priorities is live here. Henrique Capriles is a 39 years old lawyer from Caracas and leader of the party Primero Justicia. He is single and Catholic. It was the last and youngest vice president of the former Congress of the Republic and President of the Chamber of … [Read more...]
Leopoldo López Mendoza is 40 years old and comes from a wealthy family from Caracas. An economist by profession, he founded the Primero Justicia party and was mayor of the Caracas municipality of Chacao from 2000 until 2008, after being elected to the office for two consecutive periods: 2000-2004 with 51% of the votes and 2004 - 2008 with 79.5%. He studied economics at Kenyon College and completed a Masters in … [Read more...]
Maria Corina is 44 years old and belongs to a family of conservative, catholic entrepreneurs. She graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Catholic University Andres Bello, divorced and has three children. In 2002, during the de facto government that was installed two days after the coup against the Chavez administration, Machado was a signatory to the decree by which the self-proclaimed interim president … [Read more...]
A 73 years old economist and diplomat from Caracas. Diego Arria returned to politics after a break that ended in September 2008 when he sent an open letter to then president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, to deplore about his praises of the Venezuelan president. From then until recent weeks when he said that Chávez has transformed Venezuela into an emerging rogue "narco state" with the "approval" of officials and … [Read more...]
Born in Maracaibo 42 years ago, Pablo Perez comes from a family of founders of the Democratic Action party (AD). A lawyer by profession, he currently serves as governor of Zulia state for the period 2008-2012, a position he won in 2008 regional elections with 53% of the vote, as heir of his predecessor and founder of the party “Un Nuevo Tiempo” (UNT), Manuel Rosales. With Rosales, who was a presidential … [Read more...]
Diosdado Cabello Social Media Analysis. Diosdado Cabello social media analysis is live here. Diosdado Cabello is a former member of the armed forces of Venezuela, who was involved in Hugo Chavez's February 1992 coup d'etat attempt in Venezuela. He became a leading member of Chavez's Movimiento V Republica (MVR), and remains a leading member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela into which MVR was … [Read more...]
As we mentioned, ttwick is not just a tool to measure the popularity of Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber, or which airlines or hotels are more popular in LA or NY, but also a tool to track, measure, and even forecast the outcome of Presidential Elections. Ttwick is now tracking the Venezuelan Presidential elections of 2012. Pablo Medina is one of the candidates aspiring to the Presidency of Venezuela in 2012. Pablo … [Read more...]
Fred Karger, one of the shrewdest Republican political operators of the past three decades, announced the formation of his 2012 Exploratory Committee on July 18, 2010, making him the first ever openly gay aspirant for the presidency. Click on the image to see a snapshot of a December 2011 SNV for Fred Karger. For an explanation of a SNV, please refer to this post. To zoom in and out, hold the shift key … [Read more...]