TheySay Analytics

10/06/2016

Who was the winner of last night's debate on ITV? Twitter sentiment suggests it was Nicola Sturgeon who came out on top. Twitter positive sentiment was at 65.7% for the SNP leader, compared to 59.4% for Boris Johnson.

Mr. Johnson appeared to be far more divisive, with higher levels of both Like and Dislike detected in tweets that mentioned him during the event. This was particularly evident in the last 10 minutes of the debate: measured levels of Like and Dislike rose as he was giving his closing statement in support of .

03/06/2016

What the vote means for the American election

https://www.buzzfeed.com/theysayltd/what-the-abrexita-vote-means-for-the-american-2ejqe

"As voting day is only weeks away, the defining arguments of the two sides, Camp Leave versus Camp Remain, are beginning to form. The sentiments on both sides eerily resemble the upcoming showdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton."

With the American election looming, the soon-to-be 'Brexit' vote may be an early predictor Trump's success in November

24/05/2016

The campaigns are employing fear to sway people's votes. We detected very similar levels of fear on Twitter for both in May so far: 18.3% in tweets about and 16.2% in tweets for .

However, Vote Leave is generating a lot more conversations on Twitter, with almost twice as many mentions as Britain Stronger in Europe. This is also evident in the sentiment levels for the two campaigns.

The Out campaign also has slightly higher positive sentiment on average at 73.4%, compared to 67.8% for the In campaign.

20/05/2016

Only 5 weeks to go until the on June 23rd.

Our app reads thousands of Twitter posts in real time and performs in-depth analysis of the emotional and sentiment content to bring you data on the issues attracting the most discussion surrounding the EU question: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

Visit http://eu.theysay.io/ and stay updated on real time sentiment and emotion around .

Our technology is gauging the nation's emotions and opinions about the EU referendum based on live data from Twitter.