Event

EVENT 1: US Race Relations

All tweets containing one of the following words were included:

‘critical race, race theory, #juneteenth, federal holiday, black, juneteenth, voting rights, national holiday, #juneteenth2021, holiday, opal lee, civil rights, joe biden, stacey abrams, emancipation proclamation’

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EVENT 2: Conservatism Within Catholic Church

All tweets containing one of the following words were included:

‘biden, catholic bishops, catholic church, catholic’

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EVENT 3: COVID-19

All tweets containing one of the following words were included:

‘delta, variant, fully vaccinated, #covid19, covid, vaccinated, cases, covid19, #deltavariant, vaccination rates, #coronavirus, vaccine’

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EVENT 4: Israeli-Palestine Conflict and US Public Response

All tweets containing one of the following words were included:

‘israel, palestinian, palestinians, gaza, west bank, israeli, #israel, authority, #palestinian, #palestine, #freepalestine, #savebeita’

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EVENT 5: Criticism of Members of GOP

All tweets containing one of the following words were included:

‘ronny jackson, candace owens, matt gaetz, central florida, sex trafficking, gop members, tucker carlson’

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