Shawn O'Banion

Try it out on yourself, friends, and family at: books.knightlabprojects.com.

This work has yielded some interesting distinctions in the topics and style of language used by supporters of the two candidates. Terms popular among Obama supporters include equal, women, register, cuts, and wealthy; while those common among Romney supporters are failed, government, leadership, obamacare, liberty, israel, and gas. 

Further, it shows that certain major media outlets are indeed popular as information sources for either Republican or Democrat voters. For instance, Fox News is strong associated with Romney supporters while the The Huffington Post and CNN are popular among Obama supporters. See more in depth analysis and try your own username at:

http://tweetcast.knightlabprojects.com/

I recently worked with Narrative Science to write personalized news stories based solely on Twitter data. The results were demonstrated at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech Conference and the attendees. Check out an example story here.

I recently worked on a project which has been deployed as part of a large initiative to provide tools for Illinois voters ahead of the 2012 Illinois Congressional elections. It categorizes political communication on Twitter and provides visualizations to help voters understand the priorities of political candidates on important issues. 

Check it out at www.congressionalprimaries.org.