Table 2 Comparison of emotive posts on retweets and favorites.

From: Examining spread of emotional political content among Democratic and Republican candidates during the 2018 US mid-term elections

Average counts of retweet

 

Democrats

Republicans

 
 

Mean (s.e.m.)

95% CI

Mean (s.e.m.)

95% CI

 Joy

349 (53.61)

[244, 454]

227 (47.12)

[135, 320]

 Anger

429 (114.7)

[198, 659]

362 (106.4)

[148, 576]

 Fear

950 (311.9)

[316, 1585]

274 (165.7)

[34, 614]

 Sadness

383 (48.66)

[288, 479]

240 (74.54)

[94, 387]

 Confidence

631 (75.99)

[482, 781]

271 (35.66)

[147, 287]

 

x2(4) = 90.54, p < 0.001a

 

x2(4) = 14.56, p < 0.01

 

Average counts of favorite

Joy

1389 (251.7)

[895, 1883]

698 (132.2)

[439, 958]

Anger

1257 (372.9)

[508, 2007]

815 (286.9)

[238, 1391]

Fear

3112 (902.6)

[858, 5385]

623 (375.2)

[4, 1391]

Sadness

1060 (138.6)

[787, 1332]

703 (226.3)

[258, 1149]

Confidence

2179 (286.5)

[1616, 2742]

618 (105.8)

[410, 826]

 

x2(4) = 51.48, p < 0.001

 

x2(4) = 9.85, p < 0.05

 
  1. aStatistically significant difference is based on Kruskal–Wallis test; H0 = population medians are equal.
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