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T we e ts fr om the Bully Pulpit: Pr e side nt T r umps T witte r Habits and Popular ity By Jo sh Pa ve k

Bully Pulpit  “E xc e lle nt pla tfo rm fo r spe a king o ut o n issue s.”  Go ing Pub lic (K e rne l, 1986)  De a lma ke r (Ne usta d t, 1990)

T witte r a nd the ne w politic a l la ndsc a pe  Ha rde r to influe nc e c o lle c tive ly (Silve rste in & L a mpma n, 2014)  Ge ne ra l tre nd to wa rds simple r me ssa g ing o ve ra ll (Mirro f, 2009)  T e le visio n is still the mo st use d tra ditio na l me dia , inte rne t is se c o nd. (Mitc he l e t. a l., 2016)

T rumps T witte r Ha bits  T rump L o ve s T witte r  Po sts ve ry F re q ue ntly  Po sts o fte n c o ntro ve rsia l

T witte r a nd Politic a l Re sults  T o ta l numb e r o f twe e ts do e sn’ t e q ua l a la rg e fo llo wing .  T o ta l numb e r o f twe e ts a lo ne do e sn’ t tra nsla te into po litic a l a c tio n. (Co nwa y, K e nski, & Cha ng e , 2013)  Ve ry individua listic re sults (Spie ring & Ja c o b s, 2013).

Hypothe sis I f T rump twe e ts mo re , his a ppro va l sho uld re ma in the sa me . Po ssib ly inc re a se s a mo ng re pub lic a ns a nd de c re a se s a mo ng de mo c ra ts.

Da ta c olle c tion  Unit o f Ana lysis: Da ys  T we e ts pe r da y fo und thro ug h T rumpT witte rArc hive a nd T witte r c o unte r  Appro va l pe rc e nta g e s we re g a the re d fro m F ive T hirtyE ig ht  We e kly va ria b le s g a the re d fro m Ga llup po lling .

Corre la tion Coe ffic ie nt *T a b le ma de using T we e ts pe r we e k standar dize d (Signific anc e ) Pe ar son’s Sta nda rdize d we e kly da ta se t Cor r e lation De mo c ra t’ s Appro va l -.102 (.651) Re pub lic a n Appro va l .039 (.734) Bipa rtisa n Appro va l .485 (.022)

Conc lusions  T he re is a slig ht re la tio nship, b ut its unkno wn ho w lo ng T rump’ s twe e ts ta ke to e ffe c t a ppro va l.  T rump’ s twe e ts ha ve a slig htly la rg e r impa c t o n De mo c ra ts tha n the y do Re pub lic a ns.

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