Somebody in this case would be David Robertson. Others, like Fisseha Berhane, did other sentiment analyses considering the then-candidate.
The best part: David and Fisseha (and others) documented their methods. You can do it yourself. No need to dive deep into the API for this.
I always meant do meddle with pulling data from twitter and analysing it. However, when I tried, I noticed I need to give them my mobile phone number, which I didn’t want to do. Then, after the election, I quit. Gave my twitter account to someone who has rights to the handle. I just could not stand all the “negativity” any longer. So much for sentiment analysis.
I tried to compensate on BB BBS. But perhaps, I should just recluse myself from it, as well. That should improve my life.
