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Sentiment Analysis

AI-powered media sentiment tracking per party and topic, scored using Claude API.

Articles ingested
1289
from RSS + Bluesky
Items scored
2460
191% coverage
Scoring
Scored automatically
2460 items scored · updated daily

How to read sentiment scores

Each article or social post mentioning a party is scored on a scale from −1 (very negative) to +1 (very positive). Zero means neutral. We average all scores per party over a rolling 7-day window.

−1.0 → −0.05Negative coverage
−0.05 → +0.05Neutral
+0.05 → +1.0Positive coverage

Sentiment by party (7-day rolling average)

NAT
New Zealand National Party
380 scores
+0.03
LAB
New Zealand Labour Party
195 scores
+0.04
GRN
Green Party of Aotearoa NZ
119 scores
+0.11
ACT
ACT New Zealand
74 scores
+0.09
NZF
New Zealand First
184 scores
+0.02
TPM
Te Pāti Māori
48 scores
+0.08
TOP
The Opportunities Party
No data yet
—
NZL
New Zealand Loyal
No data yet
—
DNZ
Democracy NZ
No data yet
—

Composite Sentiment Index

Single score (−100 to +100) combining recency-weighted sentiment and media volume over the past 7 days.

GRN
Green Party of Aotearoa NZ+10
119 mentions · avg +0.102
ACT
ACT New Zealand+9
74 mentions · avg +0.091
TPM
Te Pāti Māori+8
48 mentions · avg +0.079
NAT
New Zealand National Party+4

Sentiment scoring pipeline

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Content Ingestion
1289 items
✓
AFINN / VADER scoring
2460 scored
✓
Party attribution
6 parties
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Rolling averages
7-day window
380 mentions · avg +0.038
LAB
New Zealand Labour Party+4
195 mentions · avg +0.037
NZF
New Zealand First+2
184 mentions · avg +0.024
Formula: weighted_avg × volume_factor × 100. Volume factor scales with log₂(mentions) up to 50 mentions for full weight. Recency uses 7-day exponential decay.