The Pope's US Visit: Most popular social conversations

How did Twitter react to the Pope’s recent visit to the US? Data scientists at Clarabridge have measured the most popular conversations using a sentiment score.

The below wordcloud includes the keywords and phrases that were included in tweets during the Pope’s visit. The bigger words signify a large volume of tweets, and the colour represents positive and negative sentiment:

 

Analysis

 

Climate Change

In general, people agree with the Pope on the issue of climate change and responded very positively to his speech. They wondered if conservative and religious Republicans will criticize the Pope for his views or accept climate change as a valid issue now that he’s addressing it.

Immigration

People responded most positively overall to the Pope’s comments on climate change and immigration, particularly after his speech in Congress and his encounter with Sophie Cruz during the parade route in Washington DC.

Gay Marriage

The Pope received mixed reviews for his comments around gay marriage, with some people taking his comments as potentially being implicitly against gay marriage. Responses were varied on his comments around family and “fundamental relationships.”

Congress

The unpopularity of Congress shows in this theme. People were happy that the Pope gave a measured speech that spoke to equality and progressive values, but many worried Congress would ignore outright or devolve into gridlock around the topics he raised.