Table 3 Tweet statistics on a per-week basis for the six week campaign period
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 3–Nov 9 | 18,633 | 40,683 | 14,456 | 464,473 | 17,854 | 3.84 |
Nov 10–Nov 16 | 19,845 | 40,110 | 14,651 | 444,045 | 20,742 | 4.67 |
Nov 17–Nov 23 | 30,445 | 57,764 | 19,372 | 547,748 | 22,007 | 4.02 |
Nov 24–Nov 30 | 35,254 | 62,688 | 23,674 | 572,976 | 27,666 | 4.83 |
Dec 1–Dec 7 | 37,615 | 65,601 | 24,237 | 590,781 | 28,151 | 4.77 |
Dec 8–Dec 14 | 42,222 | 78,106 | 34,902 | 921,746 | 41,421 | 4.49 |