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Speakers on the Democratic National Convention 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 National Convention.
Excluding widespread and routine phrases, essentially the most steadily spoken phrases on the Democratic conference had been:
An identical 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 most typical had been:
Words From Notable Speakers
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 |
Words
|
Donald J. Trump |
JD Vance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |
– |
2 |
Democracy |
2 |
– |
|
6 |
8 |
11 |
Freedom |
3 |
– |
|
7 |
1 |
3 |
Economy, financial |
13 |
4 |
|
2 |
1 |
5 |
Business |
2 |
6 |
|
15 |
4 |
2 |
Job(s) |
22 |
8 |
|
8 |
2 |
5 |
Tax(es) |
21 |
1 |
|
4 |
– |
7 |
Law |
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 |
Family |
8 |
10 |
|
2 |
– |
5 |
Father |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
– |
13 |
Mother |
4 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
Abortion |
– |
– |
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
Medicare |
4 |
– |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
Social Security |
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 |
|
– |
– |
– |
Illegal aliens |
4 |
1 |
|
6 |
1 |
2 |
War |
17 |
3 |
|
1 |
– |
2 |
Ukraine |
4 |
– |
|
2 |
– |
3 |
Russia |
9 |
– |
|
2 |
– |
2 |
Putin |
– |
– |
|
1 |
– |
1 |
China, Chinese |
14 |
5 |
|
– |
– |
4 |
Israel |
4 |
– |
|
3 |
– |
3 |
Gaza |
– |
– |
|
– |
– |
1 |
Hamas |
– |
– |
|
– |
– |
2 |
Terrorist |
1 |
– |
|
– |
– |
2 |
Iran |
8 |
– |
|
– |
– |
– |
Afghanistan |
4 |
1 |
Photographs by Mandel Ngan/AFP (Biden); Will Oliver/EPA, by way of Shutterstock (Walz); J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press (Harris) and Kenny Holston/The New York Times
Divided Words
Many phrases had been spoken steadily at each conventions, together with “America,” “nation,” “folks” and “vote.” But the frequency of different phrases was much less balanced.
Speakers on the Democratic conference leaned into phrases about liberty and patriotism, mentioning “freedom” 227 instances in contrast with 67 instances on the Republican conference. Words like “lady,” “pleasure” and “bizarre” had 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 value 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.
Missing Words
Some phrases and phrases that seem in transcripts of the Democratic conference however by no means 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,” “unlawful aliens” and “invasion.”
