The Political Futures Tracker is a collaboration between Nesta and the University of Sheffield. It tells us the top political themes, how positive or negative people feel about them, and how far parties and politicians are looking to the future.
The software behind the Political Futures Tracker uses ground breaking language analysis methods, via the GATE architecture, to examine data from Twitter, party websites and speeches. We will also be conducting live analysis on the TV debates running over the next month, seeing how the public responds to what politicians are saying in real time. Leading up to the 2015 UK General Election we will be looking across the political spectrum for emerging trends and innovation insights.
Currently the following demo visualisations are available for you to explore some of the data being produced by the Political Futures Tracker.
- Geographic Distribution
- Shows how discussion of a topic breaks down by NUTS1 region
- Theme Explorer
- Allows you to explore the themes and topics being discussed by the seven main political parties.
- #Hashtag Usage
- Shows the relative occurrence of hashtags during the run up to the leaders' debate
- Theme Sentiment
- Shows the sentiment expressed about the top ten themes in the run up to the leaders debate