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Table 3 Six classes of Twitter users definition

From: Using sentiment analysis to define twitter political users’ classes and their homophily during the 2016 American presidential election

Class

Description

Whatever

Concealed sentiment towards both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Trump Supporter

Positive sentiment towards Donald Trump and non positive sentiment towards Hillary Clinton; or negative sentiment towards Hillary Clinton and non negative sentiment towards Donald Trump

Hillary Supporter

Positive sentiment towards Hillary Clinton and non positive sentiment towards Donald Trump; or negative sentiment towards Donald Trump and non negative sentiment towards Hillary Clinton

Positive

Positive sentiment towards both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Neutral

Neutral sentiment towards both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton; or Neutral sentiment towards Donald Trump and concealed sentiment towards Hillary Clinton; or Concealed sentiment towards Donald Trump and neutral sentiment towards Hillary Clinton

Negative

Negative sentiment towards both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton