Want a Window into the Election? Look at Twitter

Feifei Li, an associate professor at the University who helped develop the program, said it provides a real-time window into how the public is reacting to political events. "What's cool is that you can actually adjust the lens of the window. If you look at the last few months of data altogether, the sentiments for Democrats is stronger than the sentiments for Republicans," Li said. "Given the recent outburst of email scandals, things might change a little bit." Researchers said the biggest surge of positive tweets for Republicans came during the national convention, and again after a video was released of Trump boasting about sexually assaulting women.