Table 5 Summary of the proposed issue partitions of users into minimal groups for mining spatial directions capable of classifying them
Partition | Values | Criteria | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
Party | Republican | “republican(s)” AND
| 7895 |
Democrat | “democrat(s)” AND
| 14481 | |
Candidate | Trump sup. | (“Trump” OR “MAGA”) AND (+) | 50 159 |
Biden sup. | (“Biden” OR “Build Back Better”) AND (+) | 10 229 | |
Ideology | Conservative | “conservative” AND
| 12331 |
Liberal | “liberal” AND
| 8917 | |
Left/Right | Right-wing | “right” AND
| 8462 |
Left-wing | “left” AND
| 3423 | |
Black Lives Matter | Pro-BLM | (“BLM” OR “black lives matter”] AND (+) | 13350 |
Anti-BLM | (“BLM” OR “black lives matter”) AND (−) | 12017 | |
Black/Blue | BlackLivesMatter | (“BLM” OR “black lives matter”] AND (−) | 16690 |
BlueLivesMatter | “blue lives matter” AND (+) | 240 | |
Rural/Urban | Rural | (“ rural” OR “small town” OR “heart land”) AND
| 2174 |
Urban | “ urban” AND
| 3382 | |
Religion | Christian | “christian” AND
| 22735 |
Atheist | “atheist” AND
| 1081 | |
Guns | Pro-Gun | “pro gun” OR “gunner” OR (“guns” AND
| 605 |
Anti-Gun | “anti gun” OR (“gun laws” OR “gun control” AND
| 496 | |
Communism | Anti-Communism | (“communist” OR “communism”) AND (−) | 1160 |
Pro-Communism | (“communist” OR “communism”) AND (+) | 448 | |
Liberal Lifestyle | Pro-Liberal LifeStyle | (“gay” OR “feminist” OR “lgbt” OR “feminism”) AND (+) | 9659 |
Anti-Liberal LifeStyle | (“gay” OR “feminist” OR “lgbt” OR “feminism”) AND (−) | 9921 | |
Libertarian/Welfare | Libertarian | “libertarian” AND
| 3045 |
Welfare | “welfare” AND
| 681 | |
Police | Pro-Police | “police” AND (+) | 1811 |
Anti-Police | (“police” AND (−)) OR “defund the police” or “fuck the police” | 1686 | |
Military | Pro-Military | (“army” OR “navy” OR “air force” OR “military”) AND (+) | 17721 |
Anti-Military | (“army” OR “navy” OR “air force” OR “military”) AND (−) | 8187 | |
Patriotism | Patriot | “patriot” | 27907 |
Anti-Imperialism | “imperialism” | 120 | |
Local/Global | Local focus | “local” AND
| 5532 |
Global focus | “global” AND
| 6283 | |
Deepstate/Rationalism | DeepState | “deep state” | 486 |
Rationalist | “rationalist” | 111 | |
Entrepreneur | Entrepreneur | “entrepreneur” | 13209 |
Anti-capitalist | “capitalism” | 1287 | |
Liberty/Justice | Justice | “freedom” OR “liberty” | 18829 |
Freedom | “justice” | 13041 | |
Pronouns | Anti-Incl. Pronous | “pronouns” AND (−) | 1195 |
Incl. Pronous. | “he/him” OR “she/her” OR “they/them” | 66218 | |
International | International | “international” AND
| 5957 |
Globalization | “globalization” | 84 | |
Individual/Institutional | Institutional | “official account” | 976 |
Individual | “opinions are my own” OR “own opinions” OR “views are mine” | 14739 | |
Science | Science | “science” AND
| 14795 |
AntiExperts | “experts” | 59 | |
Masks (COVID) | Pro-Mask | “wear a mask” OR “wearamask” | 4247 |
Anti-Mask | “mask mandate’ OR “unmask” OR “stop wearing mask” OR “no mask” “anti.?mask’ “mask hater” OR “burn your mask’ OR “masks don’t work” OR “masks off” | 214 |
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- For each issue we identify two disjoint groups defined by queries of the Twitter profile text descriptions, including keywords (case insensitive, here all written in lowercase), and sentiment: positive (+), negative (−), and non-negative
