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This speech titled 2008.02.17.interview_with_george_stephanopoulos_on_abc_news_this_week originally had 4717 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 114 cue terms and an average lag of 36.6. You can see the original speech or the tokenized/stemmed speech with overlaying cue-lags.

Cue-lag representation

The table below shows the cue-lag representation of the speech. For each cue term, it also displays the posterior distributions over ideology.

# Cue term Lag before term Posterior distribution
Restart ∑Left Center ∑Right
1 liber_democrat 243
✓
0.429 0.000398 0.571
✗
0 0 0
2 conserv_republican 9
✓
0 0 0.074
✗
0.377 0.000398 0.548
3 work_hard 84
✓
0.00358 0 0.509
✗
0.00498 0 0.483
4 same_thing 37
✓
0.00259 0 0.103
✗
0.00279 0 0.891
5 john_mccain 81
✓
0 0 0.22
✗
0 0 0.78
6 senat_mccain 22
✓
0 0 0.0639
✗
0 0 0.936
7 __NUM___year 11
✓
0 0 0.0364
✗
0 0 0.964
8 white_hous 63
✓
0 0 0.168
✗
0 0 0.832
9 american_peopl 15
✓
0 0 0.0426
✗
0 0 0.957
10 al_qaeda 12
✓
0 0 0.0271
✗
0 0 0.973
11 american_peopl 11
✓
0.000199 0 0.0209
✗
0.000199 0 0.979
12 make_progress 165
✓
0 0 0.108
✗
0 0 0.892
13 coalit_forc 89
✓
0.000398 0.000199 0.033
✗
0 0 0.966
14 presid_bush 65
✓
0.038 0 0.781
✗
0.000199 0 0.18
15 al_qaeda 211
✓
0 0 0.414
✗
0 0 0.586
16 thing_wors 18
✓
0 0 0.00756
✗
0 0 0.992
17 nuclear_iran 7
✓
0 0.00139 0.00299
✗
0 0 0.996
18 militari_action 9
✓
0.000796 0 0.00657
✗
0 0.00139 0.991
19 __NUM___issu 105
✓
0.794 0.00438 0.0458
✗
0.000995 0.000597 0.155
20 bush_tax_cut 44
✓
0.213 0 0.00677
✗
0.77 0.000199 0.0101
21 republican_nomin 16
✓
0.00876 0 0.0531
✗
0.913 0.0107 0.0147
22 tax_cut 17
✓
0.0744 0 0.000199
✗
0.916 0 0.00935
23 long_time 22
✓
0.0159 0 0.00856
✗
0.966 0.000597 0.00915
24 tax_cut 8
✓
0.0117 0 0.000199
✗
0.973 0.000199 0.0145
25 long_time 8
✓
0.00617 0.000199 0.0139
✗
0.963 0.00199 0.0147
26 borrow_monei 71
✓
0.0724 0.000597 0.0167
✗
0.89 0.00995 0.0107
27 american_peopl 20
✓
0.0434 0 0.00398
✗
0.939 0 0.0135
28 tax_increas 6
✓
0.0163 0 0.000199
✗
0.978 0.000199 0.00498
29 lower_interest_rate 78
✓
0.0601 0.00179 0.0587
✗
0.865 0.0121 0.00219
30 lower_tax 3
✓
0.0219 0 0
✗
0.969 0.00816 0.000597
31 tax_rate 0
✓
0.000398 0 0
✗
0.999 0.000199 0
32 corpor_tax 5
✓
0.00418 0 0
✗
0.996 0 0
33 tax_rate 0
✓
0.000995 0 0
✗
0.999 0 0
34 tax_code 56
✓
0.04 0 0
✗
0.96 0 0
35 increas_tax 8
✓
0.00537 0 0
✗
0.994 0.000398 0
36 american_peopl 107
✓
0.0404 0 0.484
✗
0.474 0 0.00119
37 __MONEY___billion_worth 50
✓
0.0275 0 0.124
✗
0.429 0.00637 0.414
38 tax_credit 12
✓
0.0312 0 0.00398
✗
0.453 0.00159 0.51
39 american_peopl 48
✓
0.0878 0 0.37
✗
0.382 0 0.16
40 tax_dollar 3
✓
0.00736 0 0.0101
✗
0.465 0.000398 0.517
41 hous_crisi 61
✓
0.000199 0 0.666
✗
0.00338 0 0.331
42 credit_crunch 7
✓
0 0 0.00358
✗
0.000995 0.000199 0.995
43 stimulu_packag 31
✓
0.000995 0 0.00199
✗
0.00119 0 0.996
44 lower_interest_rate 7
✓
0.0316 0 0.000597
✗
0.0665 0 0.901
45 corpor_tax 30
✓
0.624 0 0
✗
0.344 0 0.0318
46 tax_rate 0
✓
0.00259 0 0
✗
0.993 0 0.00418
47 tax_increas 46
✓
0.031 0 0.00119
✗
0.964 0 0.00358
48 govern_fund 40
✓
0.0235 0 0.0909
✗
0.878 0.00179 0.00537
49 good_idea 14
✓
0.00179 0 0.689
✗
0.194 0.00199 0.113
50 home_loan 47
✓
0 0 0.226
✗
0 0 0.774
51 interest_payment 1
✓
0 0 0
✗
0 0 1
52 mortgag_payment 4
✓
0 0 0.000199
✗
0 0 1
53 pai_back 40
✓
0 0 0.00557
✗
0 0 0.994
54 financi_market 44
✓
0 0 0.00299
✗
0 0 0.997
55 great_deal 8
✓
0 0 0.00139
✗
0 0 0.999
56 mention_earlier 18
✓
0 0 0.00239
✗
0 0 0.998
57 lower_interest_rate 4
✓
0 0 0.00139
✗
0.000199 0 0.998
58 ben_bernank 6
✓
0 0 0.00199
✗
0.000199 0 0.998
59 phil_gramm 61
✓
0.00617 0.000398 0.799
✗
0.00119 0.000199 0.193
60 greenhous_gase 148
✓
0.000199 0 0.363
✗
0 0 0.637
61 greenhous_ga_emiss 49
✓
0 0 0.00498
✗
0 0 0.995
62 green_technolog 34
✓
0 0 0.00318
✗
0 0 0.997
63 american_industri 7
✓
0 0 0.000597
✗
0 0 0.999
64 gener_electr 1
✓
0 0 0.000398
✗
0 0 1
65 world_largest 3
✓
0 0 0.000199
✗
0 0 1
66 largest_corpor 0
✓
0 0 0.000398
✗
0 0 1
67 green_technolog 7
✓
0 0 0.000995
✗
0 0 0.999
68 american_taxpay 12
✓
0.000199 0 0.186
✗
0 0 0.814
69 make_profit 3
✓
0 0 0.000796
✗
0 0 0.999
70 move_forward 4
✓
0 0 0.00478
✗
0 0 0.995
71 american_industri 7
✓
0.000995 0 0.0189
✗
0.00239 0 0.978
72 hillari_clinton 16
✓
0.000398 0 0.602
✗
0 0 0.398
73 econom_polici 31
✓
0.0219 0.000199 0.165
✗
0.000796 0 0.812
74 militari_polici 8
✓
0.00139 0 0.0585
✗
0.0171 0.00199 0.921
75 john_mccain 19
✓
0 0 0.199
✗
0 0.000199 0.801
76 nation_journal 74
✓
0.00219 0.000199 0.179
✗
0 0 0.819
77 unit_state 8
✓
0 0 0.0561
✗
0.000199 0 0.944
78 state_senat 0
✓
0 0 0.00597
✗
0 0 0.994
79 conserv_republican 6
✓
0.000398 0 0.0211
✗
0 0 0.979
80 same_thing 12
✓
0.0728 0 0.0352
✗
0.00199 0 0.89
81 __MONEY___million 22
✓
0.217 0 0.0478
✗
0.0766 0 0.658
82 tax_increas 40
✓
0.185 0 0.0579
✗
0.286 0 0.471
83 incom_american 9
✓
0.00418 0 0.0115
✗
0.457 0.000199 0.527
84 health_care 48
✓
0.000398 0 0.453
✗
0.0165 0.00378 0.527
85 health_care_system 8
✓
0 0 0.0175
✗
0 0.00338 0.979
86 health_care_cost 51
✓
0 0 0.00776
✗
0 0 0.992
87 medic_malpractic 12
✓
0.00697 0.000597 0.00458
✗
0 0 0.988
88 health_care 29
✓
0.0595 0.00139 0.0165
✗
0.00697 0.000597 0.915
89 obama_plan 33
✓
0.402 0.000597 0.464
✗
0.0635 0.000597 0.0693
90 clinton_plan 4
✓
0.00119 0.000398 0.0255
✗
0.357 0.0898 0.527
91 european_countri 9
✓
0.00139 0.000199 0.0149
✗
0.344 0.0979 0.541
92 price_control 67
✓
0.0113 0.00239 0.0991
✗
0.309 0.0971 0.481
93 make_progress 62
✓
0.00159 0.000597 0.396
✗
0.122 0.0185 0.461
94 republican_leadership 37
✓
0.00458 0.000398 0.308
✗
0.122 0.0109 0.554
95 rush_limbaugh 52
✓
0.000199 0 0.23
✗
0.108 0.00358 0.659
96 talk_radio 105
✓
0.00517 0.000398 0.236
✗
0.103 0.00299 0.652
97 make_progress 83
✓
0.000597 0 0.242
✗
0.0886 0.00179 0.667
98 work_hard 8
✓
0.00259 0 0.199
✗
0.0533 0 0.745
99 social_conserv 30
✓
0.00637 0.000199 0.088
✗
0.0529 0 0.853
100 suprem_court 8
✓
0.000597 0 0.0364
✗
0.0567 0 0.906
101 white_hous 42
✓
0.000796 0 0.168
✗
0.000597 0 0.831
102 activ_role 13
✓
0.00279 0 0.0384
✗
0.00119 0 0.958
103 unit_state 37
✓
0 0 0.136
✗
0.000199 0 0.864
104 state_senat 0
✓
0 0 0.00398
✗
0 0 0.996
105 unit_state 20
✓
0 0 0.0531
✗
0 0 0.947
106 suprem_court 56
✓
0.00179 0 0.166
✗
0 0 0.833
107 close_friend 39
✓
0 0 0.11
✗
0.000796 0 0.889
108 vice_presid 29
✓
0 0 0.0786
✗
0.000597 0 0.921
109 feel_comfort 79
✓
0.0245 0.00358 0.219
✗
0.000597 0 0.752
110 dead_man 365
✓
0.0157 0.00338 0.724
✗
0.00259 0.000597 0.253
111 town_hall_meet 28
✓
0 0 0.247
✗
0 0 0.753
112 young_american 44
✓
0 0 0.126
✗
0 0 0.874
113 harri_reid 40
✓
0.00299 0 0.106
✗
0 0 0.891
114 work_hard 44
✓
0.00517 0 0.128
✗
0.00219 0 0.865
__END_OF_SPEECH__ 45