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Welcome to the KingMakers' Lagos Elections website. Kingmaker is a term usually used for a person or group of people that can influence royal or political succession and in a modern democratic Nigeria, the kingmakers are the general public.
Social media is a becoming a major part of our everyday lives with the two most prominent parties actively engaing Nigerians using various social media platforms, most especially Twitter.
We took a look what the Lagos public were thinking during the Lagos Gubernetorial elections by analyzing Twitter data generated within Lagos in relation to the elections.
Report Dates: Saturday, March 14, 2015 - Friday, April 10, 2015
The Political Campaigns
All Progressives Congress (APC)
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE
Akinwunmi Ambode
30%
POSITIVE (+VE) RATING+
6%
NEGATIVE (-VE) RATING+
Percentage of people who have a positive or negative opinion of the candidate.
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE:
CONTINUITY
3.77%
Message Peneration Rate*
People's Democratic Party (PDP)
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE
Jimi Agbaje
16%
POSITIVE (+VE) RATING+
6%
NEGATIVE (-VE) RATING+
Percentage of people who have a positive or negative opinion of the candidate.
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE:
BOLD IDEAS
.31%
Message Peneration Rate*
+ Rating: Percentage of people who have a positive or negative opinion of the candidate.
* Penetration Rate: Percentage of people that have used the term when communicating about the election.