Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Issues on the Table






Ever heard of a word cloud? It’s a way of diagramming words used in a speech and making those used the most often, the biggest. In other words, it shows what people are really saying and how often they are saying it. We can assume that if a candidate uses the same words over and over again it’s either their biggest priority - or the issue they MOST want to convince us of. ;)
(Reposted from the New York Times):

The Words They Used
The words that speakers used at the two political conventions show the themes that the parties have highlighted. Republican speakers have talked about reform and character far more frequently than the Democrats. And Republicans were more likely to talk about businesses and taxes, while Democrats were more likely to mention jobs or the economy.

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