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This speech titled 2008.07.28.interview_with_larry_king_of_cnn originally had 4391 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 117 cue terms and an average lag of 34.0. 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 senat_john 6
✓
0 0 1
✗
0 0 0
2 john_mccain 0
✓
0 0 0.00259
✗
0 0 0.997
3 republican_presidenti 4
✓
0 0 0.0121
✗
0 0 0.988
4 presidenti_nomine 0
✓
0 0 0.00219
✗
0 0 0.998
5 interven_year 298
✓
0.00179 0.000199 0.52
✗
0 0 0.478
✗
0 0 0.541
7 senat_obama 9
✓
0.000796 0 0.0215
✗
0 0 0.978
8 barack_obama 44
✓
0.000796 0 0.0945
✗
0.000199 0 0.904
9 senat_mccain 21
✓
0 0 0.047
✗
0 0 0.953
10 presidenti_candid 5
✓
0 0 0.0115
✗
0 0 0.988
11 gener_petraeu 109
✓
0 0 0.176
✗
0 0 0.824
12 year_ago 71
✓
0.00139 0 0.0832
✗
0 0 0.915
13 make_thing 45
✓
0.0101 0.000199 0.0472
✗
0.000796 0 0.942
14 thing_wors 0
✓
0 0 0.00119
✗
0.0103 0.000398 0.988
15 gener_petraeu 16
✓
0 0 0.265
✗
0 0 0.735
16 young_american 5
✓
0.000398 0.000199 0.343
✗
0 0 0.656
17 senat_obama 104
✓
0.0511 0 0.253
✗
0.000398 0 0.695
18 nation_secur 165
✓
0.00159 0 0.37
✗
0.00139 0 0.627
19 young_american 76
✓
0 0 0.171
✗
0 0 0.829
20 bring_back 5
✓
0.000199 0 0.0125
✗
0 0 0.987
21 campaign_staffer 42
✓
0.00776 0.000597 0.0955
✗
0.000199 0 0.896
22 senat_mccain 72
✓
0 0 0.19
✗
0 0 0.81
23 run_mate 10
✓
0 0 0.0233
✗
0 0 0.977
24 senat_john 41
✓
0 0 0.0838
✗
0 0 0.916
25 john_mccain 0
✓
0 0 0.00299
✗
0 0 0.997
26 neg_ad 40
✓
0.000199 0 0.0868
✗
0 0 0.913
27 senat_obama 5
✓
0.00159 0 0.0113
✗
0.000199 0 0.987
28 job_secur 44
✓
0.0225 0 0.0991
✗
0.00119 0 0.877
29 health_care 42
✓
0.737 0 0.0105
✗
0.0233 0 0.23
30 rais_tax 20
✓
0.22 0 0.00458
✗
0.741 0 0.0336
31 nation_secur 10
✓
0.0103 0 0.101
✗
0.852 0 0.0366
32 offshor_drill 4
✓
0.00637 0 0.00458
✗
0.855 0 0.134
33 nuclear_power 10
✓
0.0117 0 0.0143
✗
0.836 0.000199 0.138
34 american_peopl 4
✓
0.00338 0 0.402
✗
0.507 0 0.0874
35 kitchen_tabl 15
✓
0.00219 0 0.496
✗
0.0685 0 0.433
36 american_peopl 19
✓
0.00159 0 0.08
✗
0.0314 0 0.887
37 senat_obama 34
✓
0.000199 0 0.104
✗
0.00597 0 0.89
38 nuclear_fuel 5
✓
0 0 0.0153
✗
0 0 0.985
39 offshor_drill 10
✓
0.000199 0 0
✗
0 0 1
40 great_deal 19
✓
0 0 0.00537
✗
0 0 0.995
41 offshor_drill 5
✓
0.00159 0 0.00119
✗
0 0 0.997
42 unit_state 65
✓
0.00537 0 0.621
✗
0 0 0.374
43 prime_minist 57
✓
0.000597 0 0.433
✗
0.000398 0 0.566
44 senat_obama 18
✓
0.00279 0 0.0496
✗
0.000199 0 0.947
45 militari_offic 32
✓
0 0 0.0685
✗
0.000199 0 0.931
46 gener_petraeu 10
✓
0 0 0.033
✗
0 0 0.967
47 polit_pundit 34
✓
0 0 0.152
✗
0 0 0.848
48 harri_reid 15
✓
0 0 0.0261
✗
0 0 0.974
49 gener_petraeu 6
✓
0 0 0.0145
✗
0 0 0.985
50 same_time 14
✓
0 0 0.0326
✗
0 0 0.967
51 senat_obama 39
✓
0.00577 0 0.0919
✗
0 0 0.902
52 __NUM___month 40
✓
0 0 0.0921
✗
0 0 0.908
53 pretti_good 4
✓
0 0 0.0123
✗
0 0 0.988
54 senat_obama 18
✓
0.000796 0 0.0414
✗
0 0 0.958
55 sound_bite 18
✓
0 0 0.0428
✗
0 0 0.957
56 senat_obama 13
✓
0.000199 0 0.0249
✗
0 0 0.975
57 joint_chief 14
✓
0 0 0.036
✗
0 0 0.964
58 __NUM___month 30
✓
0 0 0.0665
✗
0 0 0.934
59 gener_petraeu 75
✓
0 0 0.155
✗
0 0 0.845
60 bin_laden 22
✓
0.000199 0 0.0505
✗
0 0 0.949
61 sovereign_nation 38
✓
0.00259 0 0.08
✗
0.000199 0 0.917
62 bin_laden 7
✓
0 0 0.0231
✗
0 0 0.977
63 osama_bin_laden 27
✓
0 0 0.0521
✗
0 0 0.948
64 unit_state 6
✓
0 0 0.0143
✗
0 0 0.986
65 senat_obama 54
✓
0.00537 0 0.112
✗
0 0 0.883
66 state_senat 38
✓
0.000597 0 0.0852
✗
0.000597 0 0.914
67 saddam_hussein 59
✓
0 0 0.113
✗
0 0 0.887
68 mass_destruct 10
✓
0 0 0.00119
✗
0 0 0.999
69 middl_east 38
✓
0 0 0.000597
✗
0 0 0.999
70 iraqi_govern 6
✓
0 0 0.000597
✗
0 0 0.999
71 saddam_hussein 51
✓
0 0 0.00119
✗
0 0 0.999
72 mass_destruct 7
✓
0 0 0.000199
✗
0 0 1
73 __MONEY___billion 2
✓
0.000398 0 0
✗
0 0 1
74 mass_destruct 27
✓
0.000199 0 0.0207
✗
0 0 0.979
75 unit_state 32
✓
0.00279 0 0.399
✗
0.000199 0 0.598
76 polit_pundit 68
✓
0.000199 0 0.628
✗
0 0 0.372
77 presidenti_nomine 84
✓
0 0 0.172
✗
0 0 0.828
78 senat_mccain 25
✓
0 0 0.0553
✗
0 0 0.945
79 presidenti_candid 33
✓
0.000199 0 0.0695
✗
0 0 0.93
80 larg_number 58
✓
0 0 0.125
✗
0 0 0.875
81 vice_presid 11
✓
0 0 0.0263
✗
0 0 0.974
82 recent_poll 25
✓
0.000597 0 0.0525
✗
0 0 0.947
83 regist_voter 20
✓
0.00756 0 0.0695
✗
0.000597 0 0.922
84 run_mate 7
✓
0.0157 0 0.0814
✗
0.00756 0 0.895
85 american_peopl 15
✓
0.0714 0 0.03
✗
0.0239 0 0.875
86 nation_economi 30
✓
0.28 0 0.043
✗
0.0925 0 0.584
87 nobel_prize 12
✓
0.0336 0 0.0197
✗
0.361 0 0.586
88 econom_plan 9
✓
0.033 0 0.0181
✗
0.386 0 0.563
89 energi_independ 23
✓
0.249 0 0.0145
✗
0.407 0 0.33
90 econom_recoveri 28
✓
0.22 0 0.00159
✗
0.629 0 0.149
91 nuclear_power 26
✓
0.0283 0 0.00836
✗
0.816 0 0.147
92 privat_citizen 290
✓
0.223 0 0.474
✗
0.301 0 0.00119
93 budget_deficit 35
✓
0.294 0 0.0388
✗
0.5 0 0.167
94 __MONEY___billion 4
✓
0.0511 0 0.00139
✗
0.789 0 0.158
95 short_time 10
✓
0.0241 0 0.032
✗
0.814 0.000199 0.13
96 cut_spend 13
✓
0.157 0 0.00179
✗
0.824 0 0.0169
97 rais_tax 12
✓
0.0336 0 0
✗
0.966 0 0.000597
98 great_societi 32
✓
0.0324 0 0.077
✗
0.889 0.000597 0.000597
99 republican_parti 14
✓
0.000199 0 0.895
✗
0.0261 0.000995 0.0782
100 troop_home 37
✓
0.0119 0 0.0882
✗
0.0155 0 0.884
101 save_monei 7
✓
0.31 0 0.0328
✗
0.0308 0 0.626
102 wall_street 77
✓
0.183 0 0.34
✗
0.269 0 0.207
103 affirm_action 25
✓
0.00418 0 0.707
✗
0.0687 0 0.22
104 ten_year_ago 1
✓
0 0 0.0344
✗
0.0462 0 0.919
105 __NUM___year_ago 27
✓
0.000597 0 0.073
✗
0.0334 0 0.893
106 equal_opportun 48
✓
0.107 0 0.0866
✗
0.0342 0 0.773
107 unit_state 6
✓
0.00557 0 0.0123
✗
0.141 0 0.841
108 america_todai 34
✓
0.0923 0 0.0569
✗
0.147 0 0.704
109 rural_area 22
✓
0.731 0 0.000995
✗
0.241 0 0.0263
110 charter_school 22
✓
0.0279 0 0
✗
0.972 0 0
111 home_school 10
✓
0 0 0
✗
1 0 0
112 senat_obama 15
✓
0.000995 0 0.00318
✗
0.996 0 0
113 upward_mobil 43
✓
0 0 0.00179
✗
0.995 0 0.00279
114 equal_opportun 3
✓
0 0 0.0101
✗
0.985 0 0.00458
115 american_peopl 75
✓
0.0846 0 0.897
✗
0.00637 0 0.0125
116 campaign_financ_reform 26
✓
0.0119 0 0.0587
✗
0.079 0 0.85
117 american_peopl 21
✓
0.00995 0 0.0627
✗
0.08 0 0.847
__END_OF_SPEECH__ 79