Talk Tracker - Major Issues by State Groupings
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What we Measure and Report On
We analyze five major issues that current incidents and media reports suggest could be on voters’ minds. These are (1) Racial Justice (2) Gun violence (3) Healthcare (4) Voting rights and (5) Environment.
For each of the five major issues, we present the following analyses:
Total number of social media and online posts (number of mentions): We compare the number of daily mentions on the topic that also refer to Joe Biden or Donald Trump starting from June 1, 2020.
Total number of people who could have seen the posts on Twitter or (impressions): over the same period, we chart the daily impressions of mentions on the topic that also refer to Joe Biden or Donald Trump
Number of people who could have seen posts on the topic on Twitter and other social media sites like Reddit, forums and blogs or (reach): over many days, we compare the reach of mentions on the topic that also refer to Joe Biden and Donald Trump
Comparisons of Joe Biden and Donald Trump on number of mentions, impressions, and reach across the following seven groups of states:
Strongly Republican: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming
Likely Republican: Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Utah
Leaning Republican: Alaska, Iowa, Montana, Texas
Toss up: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio
Leaning Democrat: Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania Wisconsin
Likely Democrat: Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia
Strongly Democrat: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington