Both govtweets.com and govtweets.ca are humming along nicely as the websites track the real-time online conversation via twitter on the POTUS race and the Canadian federal election. Here are some stats I just compiled from the levels of activity on the both govtweets.ca and govtweets.com:
In the past 8 days on govtweets.ca, there have been 303 tweets about Stephen Harper, and 120 about Jack Layton and 92 about Stephane Dion.
Comparatively, in the last 8 days at govtweets.com, there have been 24838 tweets about “Palin”, 22869 tweets about “Obama”, 20671 tweets about “McCain” and 4051 about “Biden”.
Conclusions that we can draw from this are that McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin for VP has generated much more chatter than Obama’s pick Joe Biden. Further, we can see that American politics is much more discussed globally than Canadian politics. But, I think we can also conclude that Canadians are still in the early stages of posting tweets.
And… for those of you who are wondering, I’ll be adding Elizabeth May to govtweets.ca soon.
Stephen Taylor is a scientist, political analyst and a blogger. Taylor writes here regularly and is the founder of bloggingtories.ca. Taylor has contributed to Macleans, CTV, talk radio and has been a featured speaker on new media at numerous events including the Western Standard Cruise and the Forum for Public Policy. In December 2008, Taylor organized Rally for Canada, a series of rallies held coast-to-coast to protest the proposed coalition government.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Tells me Obama should have picked Hillary and that Dion isn't generating much buzz.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:24 am
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/...
Note when you see the poll it shows CPC38 Libs 27 Ndp 24…..?????But when you go to the Angus reid site It shows CPC 38 Libs 24 Ndp 21….Are we being duped ????
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,007 adults, 38 per cent of decided voters would support the Tories in the Oct. 14 federal election, up two points since late August and above the party's share of the vote in the 2006 electoral process (36.3%).
The Liberal Party is a distant second with 24 per cent (-4), well below its 2006 total (30.2%).
The NDP has markedly improved over the past two weeks, reaching 21 per cent (+3) for the first time this year and clearly surpassing its 2006 showing (17.5%).
The Bloc Québécois remains stable at nine per cent, while the Green Party drops back to seven per cent (-1).
AM I THE ONLY ONE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
September 11th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/...
Note when you see the poll it shows CPC38 Libs 27 Ndp 24…..?????But when you go to the Angus reid site It shows CPC 38 Libs 24 Ndp 21….Are we being duped ????
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,007 adults, 38 per cent of decided voters would support the Tories in the Oct. 14 federal election, up two points since late August and above the party's share of the vote in the 2006 electoral process (36.3%).
The Liberal Party is a distant second with 24 per cent (-4), well below its 2006 total (30.2%).
The NDP has markedly improved over the past two weeks, reaching 21 per cent (+3) for the first time this year and clearly surpassing its 2006 showing (17.5%).
The Bloc Québécois remains stable at nine per cent, while the Green Party drops back to seven per cent (-1).
AM I THE ONLY ONE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS