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LLMs analyze 18M tweets to map negative campaigning across Europe

Researchers have developed a method using large language models (LLMs) to classify negative campaigning across different languages, analyzing 18 million tweets from parliamentarians in 19 European countries. The study found that governing and coalition-oriented parties face greater reputational constraints against negative campaigning, while opposition and outsider parties have fewer. The research also indicated that parties further from the ideological center, particularly on the radical right, tend to employ more confrontational rhetoric. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates LLMs' capability for large-scale cross-lingual analysis, potentially transforming political science research.

RANK_REASON Academic paper detailing a new methodology and its application. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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LLMs analyze 18M tweets to map negative campaigning across Europe

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Victor Hartman, Petter T\"ornberg ·

    Measuring Negative Campaigning across Languages with Large Language Models: A Study of 18 Million Tweets in 19 Countries

    arXiv:2507.17636v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Negative campaigning is a defining feature of electoral competition, yet comparative research on its drivers has remained limited by the high cost and limited scalability of existing classification methods. This study makes two …