Political Campaigning on Twitter During the 2019 European Parliament 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.