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UK Leadership Race Tweets
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About
This dataset provides a collection of 20,000 tweets from the 2022 UK Prime Minister candidates, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. It offers valuable insights into public discourse and sentiment surrounding the leadership contest. The data was collected from Twitter and is intended for educational purposes.
Columns
- created_at: This column specifies the exact date and time when each tweet was published.
- username: This column contains the Twitter handle of the user who posted the tweet.
- tweet: This column holds the full text content of the tweet itself.
Distribution
The dataset comprises 20,000 tweets related to the next UK Prime Minister candidates [1]. While specific row counts for individual files are not provided, it is noted that data files are typically supplied in CSV format [2]. The dataset covers tweets from 18th July 2022 to 28th July 2022 [3, 4]. There are 5,453 unique values for
created_at and 10,255 unique values for username within the dataset [4].Usage
This dataset is ideal for a variety of analytical tasks, including text analysis, natural language processing (NLP) studies, sentiment analysis of political discourse, and tracking public opinion trends during significant political events. It can support research into political communication strategies and citizen engagement on social media platforms.
Coverage
The dataset focuses on the 2022 UK Prime Minister leadership contest, specifically covering tweets pertaining to candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss [1]. The time range for the tweets spans from 18th July 2022 to 28th July 2022 [3, 4]. The data is global in its listing region, although the content is intrinsically linked to UK politics [1, 5].
License
CC-BY-NC
Who Can Use It
This dataset is particularly useful for students, researchers, data scientists, and political analysts interested in social media analytics, political science, and the dynamics of political campaigns in the United Kingdom. It is suitable for academic projects, exploratory data analysis, and developing machine learning models for text classification or sentiment prediction.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- UK PM 2022 Candidate Tweets
- Rishi Sunak Liz Truss Twitter Data
- UK Leadership Race Tweets
- 2022 UK Prime Minister Election Social Media Data
Attributes
Original Data Source: 2022 NEXT UK-PM 20K Tweets
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