{"id":31039,"date":"2013-05-03T11:43:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=31039"},"modified":"2013-05-03T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T11:43:21","slug":"local-council-elections-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/local-council-elections-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Council Elections on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Local Council Elections results are still coming in and the<\/span> big story<\/a> is that UKIP has gained seats. Unsurprisingly, this has increased the social media conversation around the party, boosting its online profile.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As the early results are currently being digested and discussed, it is UKIP that leads today\u2019s mentions largely thanks to its gains. The Conservatives, who currently have control of the most councils, come second by mentions. The BNP’s\u00a0loss of its only county council seat<\/a> keeps it part of the conversation. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Friday'sIn terms of predictions, the social media mentions from the day of voting would give a clearer indication of what people expect the results to be.<\/p>\n

Using Cision Social Media<\/a> to measure terms relating to the council elections on Thursday, we get a different set of results.<\/p>\n

\"Thursday's<\/p>\n

Though this doesn\u2019t reflect the current results<\/a>, a majority of the councils are yet to declare. While a majority of the public are not on social networks,\u00a0social media is a useful indicator of vote outcomes when public opinion is the deciding factor. As such, UKIP will be happy with yesterday\u2019s online discussion as it looks like they\u2019re moving into the third party position.<\/p>\n

We await the rest of the results with keen anticipation.<\/p>\n

The Graphs for Local Council Elections on Social Media were made with data from<\/span> Cision Social Media<\/a> via<\/span> CisionPoint<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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