Word clouds from both sides now: A debate lexicon

Category: Word Press

By Stephanie Whiteside / current.com / @stephgwhiteside

President Obama and Mitt Romney were determined to make their points during the first presidential debate but what did they actually say?

We took their answers to two of the main topics of discussion jobs, health care and their final statements, and broke them down into word clouds for each candidate.

Here's how it works: The bigger the word, the more times it appears in the cloud.

Obama may have tried to humanize the issues with stories. That meant that Obama's speech was much more diverse than his opponent's, while Romney hammered home keywords in his responses.

Romney also avoided referring to the president by his title, while Obama addressed his opponent as governor.

Naturally, both candidates were quick to emphasize the hot topics of taxes, Medicare and of course America.

Here's how the candidates responded to the topic of jobs (click to enlarge):

Here's what they had to say about health care:

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Word clouds from both sides now: A debate lexicon

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October 4th, 2012
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