TweetCommons: Stephen Mandel to remain mayor

EDMONTON, Oct. 14 /CNW/ - TweetCommons predicts that Stephen Mandel will remain Edmonton's mayor.

TweetCommons' analysis of the municipal election shows Stephen Mandel has a clear lead in quantity and quality of responses on Twitter, followed by Daniel Dromarsky and David Dorward. This leads TweetCommons to believe he will likely win the municipal election.

All tweets posted by the candidates and referencing the candidates are aggregated into TweetCommons' database. This data has been mined for insights and this ranking was created. A user-friendly compilation of these tweets can be found at http://beta.tweetcommons.com/polis/yegvotes, and a more detailed discussion is available at http://www.tweetcommons.com/press/yegvote13102010.pdf.

While not all candidates use Twitter and our technology is new, if these results are comparable to those of the election, it demonstrates potential for social media interaction to translate into hard electoral results.

TweetCommons (www.tweetcommons.com) is a website operated by Panda Rose Consulting Studios, Inc. It is devoted to encouraging public dialogue between elected representatives and their constituents through social media.

For further information:

Panda Rose Consulting Studios Inc.
Kelly John Rose, CEO
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