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Table 2 Number of tweets, retweets and replies by candidates are given, alongside replies received, of which abusive, and the percentage thereof. The first line shows findings for the six week election campaign period. The second line contrasts this with the corresponding period for the 2017 UK general election

From: Which politicians receive abuse? Four factors illuminated in the UK general election 2019

Period

Original MP tweets

MP retweets

MP replies

Replies to MPs

Abusive replies to MPs

% abusive

3 Nov–15 Dec 2019

184,014

334,952

131,292

3,541,769

157,844

4.46

29 Apr–9 Jun 2017

126,216

245,518

71,598

961,413

31,454

3.27