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The dataset contains Instagram posts by candidates from the Bavarian state election campaigns of the CSU, Freie Wähler, AFD, Grüne, SPD, FDP and Linke parties. An attempt was made to find an Instagram profile for all 1134 people standing for election, and this was achieved for 632 of them. The state and parliamentary group accounts of the listed parties were also included. For each profile found, all posts on the profile overview page were collected for the period under investiga...
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