Sentiment over NZ social media about class size is currently running 3:1 against the Government’s policy.

Since the Budget negative commentary has moved up and down along with online news volume, but over the past week has climbed on its own.

You can see that the positives briefly bested negatives on the 2nd of June, as the policy advocates fought back online.

Notes:

1. “Neutral” sentiment is made up of roughly 80% online news stories.

2. Mentions over Facebook are not yet included.