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GOP Convention

Pre-GOP Convention Buzz Dominated By Akin & Indecision

Tracked:
Aug 1, 2012 - Aug 26, 2012

Leading up to the Republican National Convention, the GOP’s big moment was hindered by comments made by senatorial candidate Todd Akin and a largely indecisive political base split by policy issues.
 
Among the dominant discussions, 24% of online conversations referenced women’s issues in conjunction with the forthcoming convention and 28% specifically mentioned Akin’s controversial comments regarding women’s health. Additionally, 13% said that the current Republican platform was regressive in nature and 8% thought that Mitt Romney was not the best presidential candidate the party could put forward.
 
With the economy still at the forefront of most voters’ minds, 28% of mentions discussed economic issues and policy leading up to the Republican National Convention.

Topics: 
Election 2012
Conversations tracked: 
48778
Sources: 
Comments, 0.3% | Blogs, 4.6% | News, 12.3% | Facebook, 3.5% | Forums, 4% | Twitter, 75.3%
Related Analysis from our Blog: 
Chart type: 
Bar chart
[{"proportion":24,"category":"Women's Issues","group":""},{"proportion":28,"category":"Akin Controversy","group":""},{"proportion":28,"category":"Economic Issues","group":""},{"proportion":8,"category":"Romney weak candidate","group":""},{"proportion":12,"category":"GOP Platform Is Regressive","group":""}]
Line graph data: 
[{"name":"Akin Controversy","data":[29,28,26,25,26,28,28,29,29,26,24,24,28,28,28,28,28,27,31,30,28,26,26,27,28],"dates":["2012-08-01","2012-08-02","2012-08-03","2012-08-04","2012-08-05","2012-08-06","2012-08-07","2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19","2012-08-20","2012-08-21","2012-08-22","2012-08-23","2012-08-24","2012-08-25"]},{"name":"Women's Issues","data":[22,24,22,21,23,23,22,22,21,22,26,26,24,23,22,22,23,23,24,26,25,25,24,24,24],"dates":["2012-08-01","2012-08-02","2012-08-03","2012-08-04","2012-08-05","2012-08-06","2012-08-07","2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19","2012-08-20","2012-08-21","2012-08-22","2012-08-23","2012-08-24","2012-08-25"]},{"name":"Economic Issues","data":[26,22,29,28,29,28,28,29,27,29,28,29,28,28,28,27,28,30,26,26,26,28,29,28,28],"dates":["2012-08-01","2012-08-02","2012-08-03","2012-08-04","2012-08-05","2012-08-06","2012-08-07","2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19","2012-08-20","2012-08-21","2012-08-22","2012-08-23","2012-08-24","2012-08-25"]},{"name":"GOP Platform Is Regressive","data":[13,13,13,13,13,13,13,10,13,13,13,13,12,13,13,13,13,13,12,12,12,12,13,13,12],"dates":["2012-08-01","2012-08-02","2012-08-03","2012-08-04","2012-08-05","2012-08-06","2012-08-07","2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19","2012-08-20","2012-08-21","2012-08-22","2012-08-23","2012-08-24","2012-08-25"]},{"name":"Romney weak candidate","data":[10,12,10,12,10,9,9,10,10,10,9,9,9,8,10,9,9,8,7,7,8,8,8,8,8],"dates":["2012-08-01","2012-08-02","2012-08-03","2012-08-04","2012-08-05","2012-08-06","2012-08-07","2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19","2012-08-20","2012-08-21","2012-08-22","2012-08-23","2012-08-24","2012-08-25"]}]
Election 2012
Campaign Ads

Romney's Ads Seen as Positive but False

Tracked:
Aug 8, 2012 - present

Pundits and political commentary of the 2012 presidential election season seem to highlight the idea that this the most divisive election in history. To get a sense of this sentiment, we looked at how people are perceiving the candidates approach to their campaign's based on the candidate's advertisements. While  a third of online opinion criticize  Obama's ads as negative, 70% say his ads are good or effective and support the way he is attacking Romney's work at Bain Capital and Ryan's proposed medicare plan.

Chart type: 
Bar chart
[{"proportion":31,"category":"Happy to see positive ads from Romney","group":""},{"proportion":30,"category":"Glad Romney camp/CNN fact checked death of wife ad","group":""},{"proportion":39,"category":"Romney ads are false","group":""}]
Line graph data: 
[{"name":"Happy to see positive ads from Romney","data":[33,34,33,33,32,27,26,31,32,29,30,29],"dates":["2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19"]},{"name":"Glad Romney camp/CNN fact checked death of wife ad","data":[35,30,30,26,33,26,30,31,23,32,29,33],"dates":["2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19"]},{"name":"Romney ads are false","data":[32,35,37,41,36,48,44,39,45,39,42,37],"dates":["2012-08-08","2012-08-09","2012-08-10","2012-08-11","2012-08-12","2012-08-13","2012-08-14","2012-08-15","2012-08-16","2012-08-17","2012-08-18","2012-08-19"]}]
Election 2012
GOP Convention

Post GOP Convention Spotlight Stolen By Eastwood & Ryan

Tracked:
Aug 31, 2012 - Sep 2, 2012

The Republican National Convention saw an emergence of new energy from a party struggling to redefine itself, but failed to meet pre-convention expectations.
 
Overall, 73% of online conversations were negative and only 27% were positive. Condoleezza Rice inspired online audiences and 10% of online mentions said the former Secretary of State was a huge success. Republican presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, also received high marks with 17% of mentions saying his speech was impactful.
 

Chart type: 
Bar chart
[{"proportion":12,"category":"Condoleeza Rice Wowed ","group":""},{"proportion":20,"category":"Clint Eastwood Speech","group":""},{"proportion":34,"category":"Ryan's Lies ","group":""},{"proportion":20,"category":"RNC A Bust","group":""},{"proportion":14,"category":"Romney Was Solid","group":""}]
Line graph data: 
[{"name":"Condoleeza Rice Wowed ","data":[10,12],"dates":["2012-08-31","2012-09-01"]},{"name":"Clint Eastwood Speech","data":[22,20],"dates":["2012-08-31","2012-09-01"]},{"name":"Ryan's Lies ","data":[26,34],"dates":["2012-08-31","2012-09-01"]},{"name":"RNC A Bust","data":[24,20],"dates":["2012-08-31","2012-09-01"]},{"name":"Romney Was Solid","data":[18,14],"dates":["2012-08-31","2012-09-01"]}]