As a way to incentive voters to make it out to the polls, early voting has been adopted across the United States. Since October 24, 2022, seems to be taking advantage of expanded access to early voting.
According to Chase Laudenslager and Hanna Powers of Count on News 2, several counties have taken to early voting in lower South Carolina. Some of these include – Berkeley County: 9,219; Charleston County: 26,751; Colleton County: 1,839; Dorchester County: 9,002; Georgetown County: 6,173; and Williamsburg County: 1,542.
You have just five days left to vote early in the upcoming General Election. So far, more than 44,000 ballots have already been cast across the tri-county. https://t.co/jeHZXu9g6h
— WCBD News 2 | Count on 2 (@WCBD) November 1, 2022
In some of these counties, poll workers have seen an increase in wages in order to incentivize the longer working hours of this election.
Lexington County will pay poll workers $20 per hour, an increase of about 152 percent from previous years, to create an incentive for Lexington residents to work the polls.https://t.co/3ILcQMDjPG
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) November 1, 2022
Within the past week, using the Sprinklr Analytics platform, South Carolina Election has had over 19,000 mentions and 114 million reach.
The midterm elections are just eight days away and the campaigns for both Governor Henry McMaster and former U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham are pushing for voters' support in the final days ahead. https://t.co/lCOR7s8KOE
— ABC Columbia (@abc_columbia) October 31, 2022
As we mentioned last week, many of these tweets revolve around the candidates for each position as well as several of the controversial policies across the state.
It's been more than a decade since Mount Pleasant bought more than 120 acres for a future park.
Now, voters are being asked to approve a property tax increase to make that park a reality.https://t.co/RvhwMsjLKb
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) October 31, 2022
Moving closer to the final election day, social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram will be the content to analyze sentiment about results and opinions!
Author: Louisa Glazunova
