2022/10/analyzing-va-townhall-comments/

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2022/10/analyzing-va-townhall-comments/

Analyzing Reactions, and providing a little of my own.

https://seankilleen.com/2022/10/analyzing-va-townhall-comments/

[SeanKilleen]

I've had one comment from someone offline asking for an analysis of how many full comments are within 98% of each other.

"Almost all of these get astro turfed the moment they're open, which is the point of them."

[SeanKilleen]

FYI, I've updated the post to add a link to the data file -- and you can find it here. I'll try to keep it fresh.

[SeanKilleen]

I've updated the data this evening; available at the same link.

[SeanKilleen]

Comments by Date

Date	Total	Support in Subject	Oppose in Subject
2022-09-26	14882	1140	7387
2022-09-27	8969	3014	3310
2022-09-28	26674	5722	5782
2022-09-29	1959	554	809
2022-09-30	1144	332	440
2022-10-01	629	206	176
2022-10-02	483	124	165
2022-10-03	795	261	268
2022-10-04	509	159	152
2022-10-05	573	191	145
2022-10-06	596	126	88
2022-10-07	313	87	60
2022-10-08	186	47	38
2022-10-09	163	50	39
2022-10-10	508	116	109

ℹ️ NOTE: This is rudimentary. For example, "support" in subject could mean "support trans youth" or "support this policy". take with a grain of salt.

[SeanKilleen]

Looks like they've changed the format of the town hall site in a way that breaks the scraping in this blog. I'll try to update soon.

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Update: clicking the "show all comments on one page" link still works. Going to use that instead. Edited the directions.

[SeanKilleen]

Total count of comments by Day

Date	# Comments
2022-09-26	14882
2022-09-27	8969
2022-09-28	26674
2022-09-29	1959
2022-09-30	1144
2022-10-01	629
2022-10-02	483
2022-10-03	795
2022-10-04	509
2022-10-05	573
2022-10-06	600
2022-10-07	313
2022-10-08	186
2022-10-09	163
2022-10-10	518
2022-10-11	269
2022-10-12	244
2022-10-13	276
2022-10-14	265
2022-10-15	101
2022-10-16	116
2022-10-17	166
2022-10-18	201
2022-10-19	299
2022-10-20	568
2022-10-21	1159
2022-10-22	432
2022-10-23	550
2022-10-24	1379
2022-10-25	1708
2022-10-26	5126
2022-10-27	13