NCPolicyWatch - Tweet Data Analysis

Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @NCPolicyWatch

Published March 8, 2023

Overview

Tweets covering

10 days

Latest tweet was on

2023-02-19

Earliest tweet was on

2023-02-09

Total number of tweets analysed

374

Average age of authors' accounts

11 years

Summarization

The tweets discuss several topics, such as a new school being created by UNC-Board of Trustees, environmental pollution, legislation restricting free speech, the gentrification of Asheville, grants to expand high-speed connectivity, the contamination at a former fertilizer site, and Medicaid expansion in North Carolina.

Topic Modeling

  • Medicaid Expansion
  • Environmental Issues and Pollution
  • Government Regulations and Policies
  • Civic Life and Leadership
  • Gentrification

Emotional Analysis

The tweets reflect a range of emotions, from frustration to anger to hope. Frustration is evident in the tweets about the UNC-Board of Trustees rollout of their "School of Civic Life and Leadership" and the railroad ties fire in Goldsboro. Anger is seen in the tweets about two bills targeting transgender children, and the taxpayer money being used to fund a for-profit business. Hope is seen in the tweets about Medicaid expansion and the grants to small and disadvantaged communities to address PFAS in drinking water.

Trend Analysis

  • Governance and politics in North Carolina
  • Environmental justice
  • Same-sex rights, LGBT issues
  • Access to health care
  • Social and economic disparities

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Types of Tweets

Number of Retweets

107

28% of total

Number of Original tweets

180

48% of total

Number of tweets that were Quotes

12

3% of total

Number of tweets that were Replies

79

21% of total

Number of tweets that contain Hashtags

213

56% of total

Number of tweets that contain Mentions

374

100% of total

Devices Used to Tweet

Top 5 Devices

Source Count
Twitter Web App 210
Twitter for iPhone 91
Twitter for Android 48
Twitter for iPad 16
TweetDeck 5

Device Distribution

Devices used to tweet

Top 10 Accounts by Followers

Username Name Bio Followers count
MelissaJPeltier MelissaJPeltier Writer/Filmmaker Mastodon: @[email protected] Post: https://t.co/ctewOFsCiB Please watch #TheGameIsUp (scan above) to help heal ❤️s & minds. 64,716
BuzzEdition Susan Cooper 💙🌊💙🇺🇸💙 Hi I'm Susan from NC, Social Media Enthusiast ♥ Music Movies Politics! Current mood: Hopeful 💙 CashApp: $SusanECooper ~ #VoteBlue #Resist 🌺 She/Her 55,459
kyblueblood Robin Osborne ~ CEO 🌟 ~Activist ~ 👑 Equal Justice Under the law - not a privilege - but a fundamental birthright in America. #ADA ~ Honorable Kentucky Colonel #Abortion is health care! 39,472
NCPolicyWatch NC Policy Watch Stories & voices that matter. 28,212
DukeLaw Duke Law The official Twitter account for Duke Law School, where academic rigor, creativity, and innovation rule. 28,096
Prison_Health Prison_Health Jail, Prison, Criminology, et al. ($)= Paywall. (Me: I'm tired, mostly) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 20,607
abastello2 abastello2 Call me Andi 🇺🇦 🌊🌊#DemocracyWarrior ✡️LaserLady🌊Author,columnist🌊 Dem Activist NCPrecinct Chair #StrongerTogether, spine surgery survivor #Resist💙#BlueVoices #FBR #writingcommunity 17,493
haldonahue Hal Donahue A retired military/energy guy is leaving the world a better place. Interests: foreign affairs, equal rights, military, veterans TicTok @haldonahue #DemCast 15,672
AugustEve2012 Michael Hall.CCI Father, Artist, Teacher, Philosopher, Activist, Truth Seeker, Mind Speaker, I've re-discovered my freedom, take a walk with me! I AM SHAW UNIVERSITY. #RESIST🆘 15,342
JoekillianPW Joe Killian Investigative reporter for NC Policy Watch. He/Him/His.Opinions (and typos) my own.Alum of YJI - https://t.co/wG9kuFc751 14,962

Top 10 Accounts by Friends

Username Name Bio Followers count
kyblueblood Robin Osborne ~ CEO 🌟 ~Activist ~ 👑 Equal Justice Under the law - not a privilege - but a fundamental birthright in America. #ADA ~ Honorable Kentucky Colonel #Abortion is health care! 37,102
BuzzEdition Susan Cooper 💙🌊💙🇺🇸💙 Hi I'm Susan from NC, Social Media Enthusiast ♥ Music Movies Politics! Current mood: Hopeful 💙 CashApp: $SusanECooper ~ #VoteBlue #Resist 🌺 She/Her 16,000
haldonahue Hal Donahue A retired military/energy guy is leaving the world a better place. Interests: foreign affairs, equal rights, military, veterans TicTok @haldonahue #DemCast 15,677
abastello2 abastello2 Call me Andi 🇺🇦 🌊🌊#DemocracyWarrior ✡️LaserLady🌊Author,columnist🌊 Dem Activist NCPrecinct Chair #StrongerTogether, spine surgery survivor #Resist💙#BlueVoices #FBR #writingcommunity 15,066
MelissaJPeltier MelissaJPeltier Writer/Filmmaker Mastodon: @[email protected] Post: https://t.co/ctewOFsCiB Please watch #TheGameIsUp (scan above) to help heal ❤️s & minds. 13,411
AugustEve2012 Michael Hall.CCI Father, Artist, Teacher, Philosopher, Activist, Truth Seeker, Mind Speaker, I've re-discovered my freedom, take a walk with me! I AM SHAW UNIVERSITY. #RESIST🆘 11,254
nkalamb Nathan Kalman-Lamb Assist Prof of Soc @UNB; social theory + sports; words @guardian @TIME etc; co-host @EndofSportPod; he/him; co-writing *The End of College Football* @UNC_Press 8,581
JoanPennnative Joan McGinnis☮ Now on Post with same handle. Florida Dem DWCF Indivisible believe the Rule of Law crucial to Democracy & under threat. 7,406
Thesanelib Thesanelib Libertarian that ❤️s family & country. Barrack Obama woke me up when he raised my Health ins from $800m to $3,319m. #Protectourconstitution 7,014
JoekillianPW Joe Killian Investigative reporter for NC Policy Watch. He/Him/His.Opinions (and typos) my own.Alum of YJI - https://t.co/wG9kuFc751 6,763

Most Active Users

Username Bio Number of tweets
NCPolicyWatch Stories & voices that matter. 58
Rob_Schofield Director of N.C. Policy Watch. 22
JoekillianPW Investigative reporter for NC Policy Watch. He/Him/His.Opinions (and typos) my own.Alum of YJI - https://t.co/wG9kuFc751 21
lisasorg environmental investigative reporter @NCPolicyWatch Superfund geek, ant lover, ardent upcycler Signal: 919-536-2341 mastodon @[email protected] 14
RDunhamDP Sr. Policy Analyst, @DPInfoCtr; DPIC Exec. Dir. 3/2015–1/2023; B.A., @Penn; J.D., @GeorgetownLaw; 11 yrs adjunct prof. at @Villanova_Law 7
NCPovertyWatch Speaking out on behalf of the impoverished residents of the state of North Carolina. #LeastofThese #PoorPeoplesCampaign #TalkPoverty #BelowtheLine 7
3dogdayz social media marketing 7
AugustEve2012 Father, Artist, Teacher, Philosopher, Activist, Truth Seeker, Mind Speaker, I've re-discovered my freedom, take a walk with me! I AM SHAW UNIVERSITY. #RESIST🆘 6
73SNAngel How do I know God is a Tar Heel fan? Because He made the sky Carolina blue! Sweet tea snob. 6
chickadee_nc Avid birder! Advocate for the Earth and https://t.co/PvZxwxYAYF Volunteer Organizer. Support local food, farmers, clean air, and water! 5

Tweets Per Day

Tweets per day chart

Top 10 Tweets by Retweets

ID Text Retweet count
1624512185262043136 In Goldsboro where tons of railroad ties caught fire. Creosote treated so air = bad. Also the facility, National Salvage & Service, has permit to discharge stormwater into a tributary … 34
1625191630218137613 My reaction to the UNC-Board of Trustees rollout of their "School of Civic Life and Leadership” @NCPolicyWatch https://t.co/SkeGmzViTM 23
1624078887977091074 Great story from @NCPolicyWatch's @JoekillianPW on "a perplexing insight into what Republican lawmakers believe to be the place of government in family and medical decisions" How 2 bills targeting transgender … 22
1624018083055542273 Hasty passage of “anti-riot” legislation tramples free speech in multiple ways https://t.co/9Ds9VW4zj7 via @ncpolicywatch #ncga #ncpol #HB40 @democracync 17
1624823739115266052 Neighborhoods around the ginormous railroad tie/creosote fire near Goldsboro are non-white and low-income. And this isn't the only pollution source in the area. Photos, a map, census data @ncpolicywatch @ncdeq … 16
1626680802292690944 @GoTourists @cityofashville @NCVetBiz @NCDemParty @NCBCouncil @NCHouseDems @NCSenateDems @NCPolicyWatch @votevets Why Are taxpayers being asked to fund via taxes, a for profit business owned by A Multi-Millionaire? https://t.co/U6KKNGUrGz 14
1626321015180517377 Considering the contamination at the former Weaver Fertilizer site, cleaning it up will be a heavy lift. Draft report has early details @ncpolicywatch @Triad_City_Beat @PhoebeZerwick @jcatanoso https://t.co/WWUomnbG89 12
1625181689692450816 In Maysville where @EPAMichaelRegan is announcing $62m in fed grants to #nc small and disadvantaged communities to address #pfas in drinking water @NCPolicyWatch #ncpol 11
1625594392760180764 For folks in and around North Carolina — there's a screening in Burlington, NC this Thursday of the documentary "Racist Roots" about the origins of the state's death penalty. @NCPolicyWatch … 11
1623719760390127619 Iredell County farmer had a funny/interesting story: He sent trees to the White House this week and the soil had enough (likely naturally occurring) radioactivity to set off the detectors … 10

Top 10 Tweets by Likes

ID Text Like count
1625191630218137613 My reaction to the UNC-Board of Trustees rollout of their "School of Civic Life and Leadership” @NCPolicyWatch https://t.co/SkeGmzViTM 74
1624512185262043136 In Goldsboro where tons of railroad ties caught fire. Creosote treated so air = bad. Also the facility, National Salvage & Service, has permit to discharge stormwater into a tributary … 54
1624078887977091074 Great story from @NCPolicyWatch's @JoekillianPW on "a perplexing insight into what Republican lawmakers believe to be the place of government in family and medical decisions" How 2 bills targeting transgender … 28
1625181689692450816 In Maysville where @EPAMichaelRegan is announcing $62m in fed grants to #nc small and disadvantaged communities to address #pfas in drinking water @NCPolicyWatch #ncpol 27
1626680802292690944 @GoTourists @cityofashville @NCVetBiz @NCDemParty @NCBCouncil @NCHouseDems @NCSenateDems @NCPolicyWatch @votevets Why Are taxpayers being asked to fund via taxes, a for profit business owned by A Multi-Millionaire? https://t.co/U6KKNGUrGz 27
1625996540996100097 NC House gives bipartisan approval to Medicaid expansion https://t.co/xd7Pm7sXKW via @ncpolicywatch #ncpol #ncga #ncgov #MedicaidExpansion #RuralHealth https://t.co/wwb3UmBD7c 26
1623719760390127619 Iredell County farmer had a funny/interesting story: He sent trees to the White House this week and the soil had enough (likely naturally occurring) radioactivity to set off the detectors … 22
1624823739115266052 Neighborhoods around the ginormous railroad tie/creosote fire near Goldsboro are non-white and low-income. And this isn't the only pollution source in the area. Photos, a map, census data @ncpolicywatch @ncdeq … 19
1625206461113708544 @william_sturkey @NCPolicyWatch We need to say loudly and constantly that there is NO culture of repression of conservative views on this campus. The only thing that's changed in recent years … 17
1624018083055542273 Hasty passage of “anti-riot” legislation tramples free speech in multiple ways https://t.co/9Ds9VW4zj7 via @ncpolicywatch #ncga #ncpol #HB40 @democracync 17

Top Languages Used

Languages used in tweets

Top 10 Hashtags

Hashtag Count
#ncpol 182
#ncga 129
#ncgov 70
#ncleg 41
#nced 17
#deathpenalty 12
#medicaid 11
#environment 10
#lgbtq 8
#medicaidexpansion 7
Top hashtags

Top 10 Mentions

Mention Count
@ncpolicywatch 408
@lisasorg 37
@ncdeq 23
@kelan_lyons 19
@william_sturkey 18
@joekillianpw 18
@nccadp 11
@rob_schofield 9
@usda 9
@avlblade 7
Top mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Wordcloud of tweets

Emoji Analysis

Average emojis per tweet:

2

Emojis Used

Emoji Count Emoji Text
💩 4 pile_of_poo
😡 1 enraged_face
💚 1 green_heart
💻 1 laptop
🥺 1 pleading_face
☹️ 1 frowning_face
😭 1 loudly_crying_face
👀 1 eyes

Emoji Groups

Emoji Group Count
Smileys & Emotion 9
Objects 1
People & Body 1

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