This repository contains files related to the Illuminating 2016 project from Syracuse University's BITS Lab.
topic_lexicon_final.txt contains the lexicon used to identify topics in messages from candidates. It is structured in XML format. We describe how we use this lexicon to identify topics in this paper.
echo-chambers2016 contains files related to analysis of echo chambers in the presidential election.
cand_campaign_dates.csv contains start and end dates for the campaign for each candidates from the Republican and Democratic party.