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The index of engagement in social networks as a predictor of the results in the general elections of 2015 and 2016

Abstract

La predicción del resultado electoral como correlato de la cibercampaña constituye una reciente línea de investigación, con conclusiones contradictorias. Así, el análisis estadístico de los posts de Facebook de los principales partidos en las elecciones generales de 2015 y 2016, mostró asociación del índice de engagement con la variación en los resultados entre convocatorias en términos comparativos, pero no con los resultados absolutos de cada comicio.The prediction of electoral results in relation to online campaigns constitutes a recent line of research, with contradictory conclusions. This article analyses statistically all Facebook posts published by the main parties during the Spanish general elections campaigns in 2015 and 2016. The results show the engagement index to be related to the variation in the results between the two different elections in comparative terms. However, the final results as regards each case can not be predicted by the engagement index

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