At least we had fun': Twitter responses to the 4N electoral debate
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The electoral debate is one of the key events in political campaigns. On social networks, viewers comment on and share all kinds of opinions about the candidates' performances or proposals. This work aims to reveal, using a quantitative methodology, which types of responses have predominated on Twitter with respect to the electoral debate held on 4th November 2019 on TVE. The findings indicate the predominant position of humorous observations on the social network. The discussion of the results revolves around a core issue: the ideological polarization that prevails on Twitter.
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