First Presidential Debate – Obama, Romney, Lehrer Word Clouds
I enjoyed watching the first 2012 Presidential debates. Here's three word clouds - from President Obama, Governor Romney and debate moderator, Jim Lehrer.
Each word cloud represents the 30 most frequently used words, with the frequency represented by font size. For all three, I removed names and titles from consideration (examples: President Obama, Governor Romney, Jim, Mr. etc). When the term "president" was use to refer to the office, it remained in the count. Interesting that "47" never turned up.
President Obama
Governor Romney
Jim Lehrer
Transcript source: Washington Post
Word Cloud generation: Wordle.net
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08/10/2012 at 10:13 am Permalink
Amazing how the clouds are different from earlier ones. State of the Union and Obama’s Address to Congress.
08/10/2012 at 5:53 pm Permalink
Liz,
I hadn’t thought of making that comparison. Might be interesting to do a same candidate over time comparison. Great idea ~ Peter