Elections & Bypolls

Source: TamilTick Trends, 26 Sep–25 Oct 2026, 1,632 articles / 92 outlets, 3,691 videos / 52 channels · tamiltick.com/trends/topic/elections#chart

modelled Tone of the headlines (modelled) · 26 Sep–25 Oct · 5,323 headlines scored, 0 not scored (awaiting a model or the positive re-check).

Positive 10.7%Neutral 57.5%Negative 31.8%Net tone −21.2 pts (±2.1)

Modelled by an AI model from headlines, not measured sentiment. 5,323 of 5,323 headlines in this window scored; bars under 30 scored are not drawn. How we count

• Positive
• Negative
• Neutral: the rest
• net tone (positive − negative), with the ±2.1-pt hand-label error band
• not enough scored headlines (<30)
• faded bar = partial day / week

The ±2.1-pt band is the gap between the model and hand labels on 200 headlines sampled across the state; it was not measured for any one leader, party or issue. Only positive calls get the second check; negative and neutral calls do not. Measured effect on 200 hand-labelled headlines (round 2): no positive/negative flips; 6 negative headlines, mostly denials and rebuttals, were read as neutral and 9 neutral ones as negative; net tone (positive − negative) came out within 2.1 points of the hand labels (Tamil Nadu 2.1 points more negative). Per class on those 200 headlines: positive precision 0.89, recall 0.94; negative precision 0.92, recall 0.94; neutral precision 0.90, recall 0.86.