Political Campaigning on Twitter During the 2019 European Parliament Election Campaign

Our data covers the Twitter communication by elite political actors from all 28 EU member states during the 2019 European Parliament (EP) Election Campaign. More specifically, we focus on EP candidates from parties that received more than 2 percent of the national votes, Spitzenkandidaten (also those who did not run as a candidate on a European party list) and EU parties (not parliamentary groups). The Twitter accounts of all these EP campaign elite actors were researched during April and May 2019 by national country experts who were part of the Euromanifesto Study. The tweets sent by EP campaign elite actors were purchased from Twitter after the election. Compared to querying the Twitter API, buying the data ensures the completeness of the data. The research period is 23 April to 30 May 2019.

本数据集涵盖了2019年欧洲议会选举期间，来自欧盟28个成员国精英政治人物在Twitter上的交流。具体而言，我们聚焦于获得超过2%全国选票的欧洲议会候选人、Spitzenkandidaten（包括那些未在欧洲政党名单上参选的候选人）以及欧盟政党（非议会团体）。2019年4月至5月期间，本数据集的收集由Euromanifesto Study项目组中的各国国家专家负责，他们对所有这些欧洲议会选举精英人物在Twitter上的账号进行了研究。选举后，欧洲议会选举精英人物发布的推文通过Twitter平台购买获得。与查询Twitter API相比，购买数据确保了数据的完整性。研究的时间范围为2019年4月23日至5月30日。