📊 US Elections 2024 Reddit Sentiment Analysis

A project analyzing public sentiment around Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during the 2024 US Presidential Election using Reddit data.

✨ Features

• 🤖 Advanced NLP: Utilizes RoBERTa-based model for accurate sentiment classification
• 📱 Social Media Mining: Extracts and analyzes Reddit comments using PRAW
• 📊 Rich Visualizations: Includes temporal trends, word clouds, and sentiment distributions
• 🔍 Comprehensive Analysis: Covers both candidate-specific and comparative insights
• 📈 Time Series Analysis: Tracks sentiment evolution throughout the election period

🛠️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/marsidmali/us-2024-elections-sentiment-analysis.git
cd us-elections-sentiment-analysis

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables:
   • Copy .env.example to .env
   • Add your Reddit API credentials

🚀 Usage

1. Launch Jupyter Notebook:

jupyter notebook

2. Open us_2024_elections_reddit_sentiment_analysis.ipynb
3. Run all cells to perform the analysis

⚙️ Configuration

Create a .env file with your Reddit API credentials:

REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id_here
REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret_here
REDDIT_USER_AGENT=your_user_agent_here

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.