McCain and Emotion Mining Research

According to Emotion Mining Research, voting for John McCain makes people feel depressed and angry. More specifically among older and Hispanic voters, when thinking of John McCain, they feel more positive and show emotions such as confidence.

Emotion Mining Research asked the question, "How does voting for John McCain as president make you feel?" They polled 70 Republican voters from California before the primary election on February 5th. Tom Snyder commented that there is a subconscious mix of emotions. He feels that the McCain campaign should address this before the election. Voters rely and are influenced by their emotions while voting.

"Subconscious feelings and emotions give us a more reliable picture of
the voter mindset than traditional polling and focus groups," Snyder said.
"If candidates know how voters feel toward them at the deepest levels, they
can make better decisions about how to deliver their messages" (Voting for McCain Stimulates
'Anger' and Depression' Pres Release, March 25, PRNewswire).

     
  
      
    


     
  
      
    


     
  
      
    
     

Show Notes

Show notes for Podcast

:00- :23 intro

:24- 1:17 summary of McCann story

1:18- 2:36 interview Q&A

2:37- 3:10 criticism

3:11- 3:28 response to criticism

3:29- 3:48 closing

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Find Madeleine Podcast

Above is the link for our podcast about Madeleine McCann. We discussed the social media campaign the parents started. They blogged on their website about the ongoing investigation of their missing daughter.

Madeleine McCann

A family from England was on vacation in Portugal. They were staying in an apartment at a resort. The family was Mr. and Mrs. McCann and three small children. Later in the evenings the parents would go to dinner at a nearby restaurant and the resort and leave their small children alone, asleep, in the apartment. One evening of the the McCann children, Madeleine, was missing from the room when the parents went to check on the kids.

The parents claimed the child had been abducted. There was an immediate investigation and search to find little Madeleine. It was suspected right away that she was abducted and the parents weren't seen as a threat or accomplice. The parents launched a huge campaign to find their little girl which turned into a worldwide campaign. A website was created and the parents blogged about the situation. And yet we have another example and benefit of blogging. www.findmadeleine.com They used this effort in hopes to get a lead on where their daughter might be.

Later on during the investigation, evidence became aware that the parents killed their daughter on accident, by drugging her to sleep, and disposing of the body. It was speculated that the worldwide campaign they started was an effort to cover up what they had done.

I'm not sure if the parents were convicted or not but as soon as I found out more I'll add to this post.