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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 alternative of phrases and phrases contrasts the themes and concepts of final month’s Republican Nationwide Conference.
Excluding widespread and routine phrases, probably the most steadily spoken phrases on the Democratic conference have been:
An identical 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 most typical have been:
Phrases From Notable Audio system
Former President Donald J. Trump’s acceptance speech was longer and used greater than thrice 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 |
Economic 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 |
Warfare |
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 |
Images by Mandel Ngan/AFP (Biden); Will Oliver/EPA, by way of Shutterstock (Walz); J. Scott Applewhite/Related Press (Harris) and Kenny Holston/The New York Occasions
Divided Phrases
Many phrases have been spoken steadily at each conventions, together with “America,” “country,” “people” 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 “woman,” “joy” and “weird” have 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” thrice as usually. Republicans used the phrase “assassination” or “assassin” 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,” “Project 2025” and “convicted felon.”
In distinction, some phrases from the Republican conference that weren’t heard this week in Chicago embody “indoctrination,” “illegal aliens” and “invasion.”
