The Alberta 2012 Election Twitter Conversation

Zirmadilo ALBERTATWEETS THE TWITTER CONVERSATION APR 8-APR 15] This infographic is designed to provide a glimpse into the Twitter conversation for the 2012 Alberta Provincial Election. We want to know who's tweeting the most? What topics are dominating the conversation? Which party is getting the most mentions? Which party leader is making the most noise? Where is the online conversation heading? The information displayed was taken over a one week period from April 8th, 2012 - April 15th, 2012. THE OVERAL CONVERSATION 35584 122.9% (34679 1 30.0% (4134 12.36% TWEETS #ABVOTE PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK #ABLEG TOTAL TWEETS #ABLEG #ABVOTE 2012 ELECTION HASHTAG CONTAINING #ABLEG CONCENSUS &/OR #ABVOTE ALBERTA POLI TAG PARTY MENTIONS FOR THE WEEK VOTE Alber Alberta W #WRP K#PCAA Lib #ABLIB #ABPARTY N#ABNDP Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Alberta New Democratic Party Wildrose Alliance Party Alberta Liberal Party Alberta Party 8249 43.01% 5038 121.2% 1 26.3% 2091 (1920 1 41.1% (1822 14.29% PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK PERCENTAGE GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS WEEK POPULAR TOPICS MOST ACTIVE TWEETERS LA 1. #ABDB8 bebate 1277 1. Crootnl2k 634 Leaders MENTIONS TWEETS 2 #ABED Alberta Education (454 2. @laanikka 319 MENTIONS TWEETS 3.6 #ABHEALTH 384 3. QAlbertaRedux 314 Alberta MENTIONS TWEETS 4. #BEVCLARE The Riding. (194 4. CNoLibs 308 of BevClaire MENTIONS TWEETS 5. #EDCHAT Education Chat 159 5. QRobCGM (304 MENTIONS TWEETS 6.9 #CBC CBC Voter Compass 136 6. OPrairieStorm2 297 MENTIONS TWEETS Lesbian, Bisexual, #LGBTO Gay, Transgender, Questioning 116 7. CoryBMorgan 276 MENTIONS TWEETS 8. #YYCCC calgary City 114 8. Clohnnyjesus 264 Councíl MENTIONS TWEETS 9. #ABPSE Education 99 9. CRayHC2 253 Post-Secondary MENTIONS TWEETS 10. #YYCKLEIN Kiein 97 10. Cdrryancarter 236 Calgary MENTIONS TWEETS I MENTIONS BY CITY 2988 #yeg 2780 #yyc 602 #ymm 314 #reddeer (291 #ygl #yeg EDMÖNTON #yyc CALGARY #ymm FORT MCMURRAY #reddeer RED DEER #yql LETHBRIDGE 1 314 1 315 1 135 ↑ 39 + 78 INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS WEEK INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS WEEK INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS WEEK INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS WEEK INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS WEEK DISCLAIMER APRIL As noted, the information contained in this infographic was taken over a one week period (April 8th, 2012 - April 15th, 2012). All values were retrieved from Twitter's public API. This inforgraphic is protected under a creative commons license and can be republished on personal web sites as long as there is a hyperlink to the original post and accreditation to AlbertaTweets. If you would like to publish this for commercial purposes, please contact us for a commercial license. ([email protected] | www.armadillostudios.ca | 1-800-974-3814) 23 Zürmadilo Created by Armadillo Studios Inc. under the AlbertaTweets Project