What is Brexit?
On June 23rd 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union. This event was known as Brexit, or 'British Exit.' Over 30 million citiens voted, with 53.4% voting for Brexit and the other 46.4% voting to stay. Although these voter percentages are accurate, how well do they represent public opinion on social media, before and after Brexit? This website will use Sentiment Analysis to study 6.5GB worth of Twitter tweets in order to estimate the overall sentiment before and after Brexit. Sentiment Analysis is the process of dynamically determining if a sentence has a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.
Data:
Total Positive Tweets Before: 524
Total Negative Tweets Before: 787
Total Positive Tweets After: 2329
Total Negative Tweets After: 4001
Percentage of Positive Tweets Before: 39.97%
Percentage of Negative Tweets Before: 63.21%
Percentage of Positive Tweets After: 36.79%
Percentage of Negative Tweets After: 60.03%
Analysis:
Despite most citizens voting to leave the European Union, public opinion on Twitter about Brexit was generally negative. Unsurprisingly, there was more discussion about Brexit after the seperation was finalized.