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Words Used at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions

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J. Scott Applewhite/Related Press

Audio system on the Democratic Nationwide Conference used greater than 109,000 phrases over 4 days in Chicago this week. Their selection of phrases and phrases contrasts the themes and concepts of final month’s Republican Nationwide Conference.

Excluding frequent and routine phrases, probably the most ceaselessly spoken phrases on the Democratic conference have been:

An analogous variety of phrases have been spoken on the Republican conference in Milwaukee final month, with audio system utilizing greater than 110,000 phrases over 4 days. The commonest have been:

Phrases From Notable Audio system

Former President Donald J. Trump’s acceptance speech was longer and used greater than 3 times as many phrases as Vice President Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech.

Circles present the variety of instances these keynote audio system used the next phrases.

Joseph R.
Biden Jr.
Tim
Walz
Kamala
Harris

Phrases

Donald J.
Trump
JD
Vance

10

2

Democracy

2

6

8

11

Freedom

3

7

1

3

Financial system, financial

13

4

2

1

5

Enterprise

2

6

15

4

2

Job(s)

22

8

8

2

5

Tax(s)

21

1

4

7

Regulation

1

4

7

3

2

God

9

5

13

5

9

Love

22

14

1

Inflation

14

1

2

8

1

Neighbor, neighborhood

7

7

8

Household

8

10

2

5

Father

4

1

2

13

Mom

4

1

1

1

4

Abortion

4

1

2

Medicare

4

2

2

2

Social Safety

4

1

23

4

15

Trump

8

16

2

1

3

Biden

2

12

10

9

2

Kamala

2

3

10

3

Harris

2

5

7

Border

21

2

2

2

Immigrant, immigration

5

1

Invasion

13

1

Unlawful aliens

4

1

6

1

2

Battle

17

3

1

2

Ukraine

4

2

3

Russia

9

2

2

Putin

1

1

China, Chinese language

14

5

4

Israel

4

3

3

Gaza

1

Hamas

2

Terrorist

1

2

Iran

8

Afghanistan

4

1

Pictures by Mandel Ngan/AFP (Biden); Will Oliver/EPA, through Shutterstock (Walz); J. Scott Applewhite/Related Press (Harris) and Kenny Holston/The New York Instances

Divided Phrases

Many phrases have been spoken ceaselessly at each conventions, together with “America,” “nation,” “individuals” and “vote.” However the frequency of different phrases was much less balanced.

Audio system on the Democratic conference leaned into phrases about liberty and patriotism, mentioning “freedom” 227 instances in contrast with 67 instances on the Republican conference. Phrases like “lady,” “pleasure” and “bizarre” have been additionally used extra typically by Democratic audio system.

Republican audio system talked about “inflation” seven instances as typically as Democrats, and each “God” and the worth of “groceries” 3 times as typically. Republicans used the phrase “assassination” or “murderer” 18 instances, however the phrase was heard solely as soon as on the Democratic conference, and it was not a reference to the sniper assault on Mr. Trump in July.

Lacking Phrases

Some phrases and phrases that seem in transcripts of the Democratic conference however in no way in Republican transcripts embody “abortion,” “Venture 2025” and “convicted felon.”

In distinction, some phrases from the Republican conference that weren’t heard this week in Chicago embody “indoctrination,” “unlawful aliens” and “invasion.”

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