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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 widespread and routine phrases, essentially the most regularly spoken phrases on the Democratic conference had been:
An analogous variety of phrases had been spoken on the Republican conference in Milwaukee final month, with audio system utilizing greater than 110,000 phrases over 4 days. The commonest had 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 occasions 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(es) |
21 |
1 |
|
4 |
– |
7 |
Legislation |
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 |
Conflict |
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 Occasions
Divided Phrases
Many phrases had been spoken regularly at each conventions, together with “America,” “nation,” “folks” 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 occasions in contrast with 67 occasions on the Republican conference. Phrases like “girl,” “pleasure” and “bizarre” had been additionally used extra usually by Democratic audio system.
Republican audio system talked about “inflation” seven occasions as usually as Democrats, and each “God” and the value of “groceries” 3 times as usually. Republicans used the phrase “assassination” or “murderer” 18 occasions, 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 under no circumstances in Republican transcripts embody “abortion,” “Challenge 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.”
