candidate_article_count_log
Each day, we use the Quantexa News API to gather articles relevant to the thousands of active campaigns in our database.
This table shows a daily snapshot of data gathered for each candidate.
Field | Description |
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candidate id | Unique ID representing a specific person running for a specific office in a specific district, which is held constant across elections. |
date | Date that a set of news articles related to a candidate were published. |
count total | Number of news articles related to a given candidate published on a given day, as surfaced through data we’ve collected from Quantexa. |
count positive | Number of news articles published on a given day classified as having positive sentiment toward a given candidate. (Learn more about how our partners at Quantexa estimate sentiment.) |
count neutral | Number of news articles published on a given day classified as having neutral sentiment toward a given candidate. (Learn more about how our partners at Quantexa estimate sentiment.) |
count negative | Number of news articles published on a given day classified as having negative sentiment toward a given candidate. (Learn more about how our partners at Quantexa estimate sentiment.) |
count local | Number of news articles related to a given candidate published in local in-district news sources on a given day, as surfaced through data we’ve collected from Quantexa. |