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THE ECHO: A FRIDAY TIPSHEET OF

POLITICAL ACTIVITY ON TWITTER

ThankstothesupportofGSPMalumnusWilliamH.MadwayClassof2013. October 19-25, 2017:TwitterlovescontroversialpoliticalgoodbyesandSen.JeffFlakeunveiledhis,directedatPresidentTrumpandhissupporters,ontheSenatefloorthisweek.Consistentlythemostendangeredincumbentinakeyrace,withverylowapprovalratings,FlakewastheonetheU.S.-Twitterpaidthemostattentiontoinourresearch.Thisweekitjumped3,201%to548,816relatedtweets.TheothermainstorywasinitiatedbyRep.FredericaWilson,whocharacterizedacondolencecallfromPresidentTrumptothefamilyofafallensoldierinNiger,Sgt.LaDavidJohnson,asinsensitive.WhiteHouseChiefofStaffJohnKellyheldanunusualpressconferencetakingissuewithRep.Wilson’saccount,drivingupchatterforboth(+433percentand+732percent,respectively).Ourin-depthanalysisisavailableatU.S.News&WorldReport.

INSTITUTIONS

POTUS

6.7m▼9%Republicans2.1m▲47%

Democrats1.1m▲32%

U.S.Senate32k▲59%

U.S.House12k▲61%

KEY RACES

Flake(AZ)

549k▲3,201%Brown(OH)15k▲207%

Heller(NV)7k▲28%

Nelson(FL)4k▼8%

Manchin(WV)4k▲29%

IssaCA-49

10k▲31%

LewisMN-02

2k▼14%

BaconNE-02

1k▼46%

FasoNY-19

790▼20%

CoffmanCO-06

776▲20%

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NEWSMAKERS

WHChiefofStaff

JohnKelly629k▲433%

U.S.Sen.BobCorker(R-TN)383k▲227%

U.S.Sen.JohnMcCain(R-AZ)362k▼13%

U.S.Rep.FredericaWilson(D-FL-24)310k▲732%

BrietbartE.C.SteveBannon66k▼33%

HOT TOPICS

Niger

799k▲81%ISISFallsinRaqqa269k▲26%

Alexander-Murray212k▼77%

#MeToo155k▼77%

TaxReform195k▲45%

Top tweets

15kRetweets|70kLikes|Link

11kRetweets25kLikes|Link

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THE ECHO

about: ReleasedweeklyonFridaymorningsonU.S.News&WorldReport,THEECHOisasocialmediaresearchpublicationofGeorgeWashingtonUniversityGraduateSchoolofPoliticalManagement’s(GSPM)PublicEchoesofPoliticalRhetoricinAmerica(PEORIA)Project.THEECHOisfundedinpartbyGSPMalumnusWilliamH.Madwayandthroughareduced-costlicensetoCrimsonHexagon.

methodology: TheECHOfeaturesU.S.datacollatedbysetsofkeywordsontheCrimsonHexagonplatform.Thefirstvaluerepresentsthenumberofrelatedtweetsincludingthenameortopicandtheseconddemonstratesitsincreaseordecreaseovertheweek.OuranalysisisinformedbyfurtherresearchusingCrimsonHexagon’sHeliosight,whichallowsustoquicklyviewtrendingtopicsandsearchterms.KeyRacesaredeterminedonarollingbasisbasedonoureditorialteam’sevaluationsofcampaignsratedas“TossUp”bytheCookPoliticalReport,Sabato’sCrystalBall,andInsideElectionswithNathanL.Gonzales.WefeaturethetopfiveracesintheSenate(top)andtheHouse(bottom)asafunctionofseven-dayrelated-tweetvolumeonTwitter.TheyarelistedinorderofthetotalnumberoftimeseachwerementionedonTwitteroverthepastsevendays(ThursdaytoWednesday).TopInstitutionsincludeseveralcomponents.Wetrackbothparties,chambersofCongress,andthepresidencywithseveralrelatedtermsbeyondtheirofficialaccountsonTwitter.Forexample,thepresidencyincludes@POTUSand@realDonaldTrumpaswellas“DonaldTrump”,“PresidentTrump”and“DonaldTrump”assearchterms.NewsmakersandHotTopicsaredetectedinseveralwaysusingMemeorandum.com,TheWeek’sDailyBriefing“10Things”,andgeneralmonitoringthroughouttheweek.FinaldecisionsonwhattoincludearemadebyoureditorialteamandlistedfromlefttorightinorderoftotalmentionsonTwitter.TopTweetsarelistedasexamplesofpoststhatdrovetheweek’sdiscussiononTwitter.Inmostcases,thesewillincludealargenumberof@replies,retweets,andfavorites(hearts)butbecauseofvaryingnumbersoffollowers,othertweetsmighthavegreatertotalengagementthantheoneslisted.

Contact:SignuptoreceiveTheECHOinyourInboxeveryFridayhere.orquestionsaboutTheECHO,pleasecontactitsauthorDr.MichaelD.CohenatGSPMbyemailatmichaeldcohen@gwu.edu.FormoreinformationabouttheGSPMGlobalCenterforPoliticalManagementandThePEORIAProject,pleasecontactDr.MichaelCornfieldbyemailatcorn@gwu.edu.ForquestionsaboutGSPM,pleasecontactDr.LaraBrownbyemailatlarambrown@gwu.edu.Allcanbereachedbyphoneat202-994-6000.