Barack Obama

This speech titled 2008.09.16 originally had 4660 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 250 cue terms and an average lag of 16.6. 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 wall_street 19
0.00199 0 0.998
0 0 0
2 american_peopl 4
0.000796 0 0.00657
0.00119 0 0.991
3 lehman_brother 8
0.000199 0 0.0149
0 0 0.985
4 financi_institut 3
0 0 0.00617
0 0 0.994
5 financi_market 19
0 0.000199 0.0155
0 0 0.984
6 pai_job 16
0 0 0.0468
0 0 0.953
7 work_american 3
0 0 0.00597
0 0 0.994
8 mortgag_payment 13
0 0 0.0135
0 0 0.986
9 year_ago 7
0 0 0.0121
0 0 0.988
10 hous_market 3
0 0 0.00239
0 0 0.998
11 fanni_mae 3
0 0 0.00378
0 0 0.996
12 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.00279
0 0 0.997
13 invest_bank 15
0 0 0.0121
0 0 0.988
14 bank_fail 0
0 0 0.000597
0 0 0.999
15 wall_street 10
0.000199 0 0.0255
0 0 0.974
16 financi_crisi 15
0.000796 0 0.143
0 0 0.856
17 senat_mccain 4
0.000995 0.00637 0.0559
0.000597 0 0.936
18 american_worker 47
0.0133 0.035 0.761
0 0.00259 0.188
19 senat_mccain 7
0.00677 0.00418 0.0229
0.0113 0.0366 0.918
20 __NUM___time 25
0.0201 0.00159 0.656
0.0129 0.00557 0.303
21 senat_mccain 12
0.00537 0.0119 0.038
0.0318 0.00716 0.906
22 __NUM___year 39
0.113 0 0.83
0.00915 0 0.0478
23 washington_lobbyist 42
0.000398 0 0.284
0 0 0.715
24 consum_protect 2
0 0 0.00239
0 0 0.998
25 special_interest 10
0.00159 0 0.0111
0 0 0.987
26 work_peopl 3
0.000199 0 0.00478
0.00139 0 0.994
27 life_save 26
0.00159 0.000199 0.0607
0.00119 0 0.936
28 health_care 30
0.81 0.00199 0.0237
0.00259 0 0.162
29 colleg_educ 10
0.211 0 0.00219
0.774 0 0.0133
30 unit_state 68
0.12 0 0.533
0.338 0 0.00995
31 american_peopl 6
0.0109 0 0.121
0.338 0 0.53
32 american_economi 23
0.000398 0.00338 0.375
0.00458 0 0.616
33 senat_mccain 22
0.000796 0.000398 0.0245
0.000398 0.00159 0.972
34 bush_administr 31
0 0 0.0306
0 0 0.969
35 introduc_legisl 42
0.000199 0 0.039
0 0 0.961
36 subprim_mortgag 48
0 0 0.037
0 0 0.963
37 senat_mccain 2
0 0 0.00199
0 0 0.998
38 divid_line 28
0 0 0.0245
0 0 0.976
39 wall_street 2
0 0 0.00219
0 0 0.998
40 main_street 2
0 0 0.00139
0 0 0.999
41 capit_market 12
0 0 0.00736
0 0 0.993
42 senat_mccain 4
0 0 0.00438
0 0 0.996
43 mortgag_crisi 14
0 0 0.00995
0 0 0.99
44 stimulu_packag 32
0 0 0.0267
0 0 0.973
45 senat_mccain 5
0 0 0.00657
0 0 0.993
46 stimulu_plan 13
0 0 0.0113
0 0 0.989
47 corpor_tax 7
0.000995 0 0.98
0 0 0.0187
48 tax_cut 0
0 0.000199 0.0101
0.000398 0 0.989
49 __MONEY___billion 3
0.00478 0 0.0157
0.000199 0 0.979
50 big_oil 3
0 0 0.00358
0.00498 0 0.991
51 oil_compani 0
0 0 0.00517
0.00458 0 0.99
52 bear_stearn 16
0.00179 0.000199 0.978
0.000199 0 0.0199
53 __NUM___centuri 9
0.000995 0 0.0129
0.00119 0 0.985
54 financi_market 13
0 0 0.0149
0 0 0.985
55 week_earlier 4
0.000199 0 0.00597
0 0 0.994
56 senat_mccain 2
0 0 0.00199
0.000199 0 0.998
57 free_market 34
0.00139 0 0.0271
0 0 0.972
58 special_interest 7
0.00179 0 0.00935
0.00119 0 0.988
59 averag_worker 26
0.000597 0.000199 0.0344
0.000398 0 0.964
60 wall_street 2
0 0 0.0123
0 0 0.988
61 senat_mccain 8
0.000398 0 0.0561
0 0 0.943
62 georg_bush 13
0.000199 0 0.0462
0.000199 0 0.953
63 free_market 87
0.00498 0.000199 0.162
0 0 0.832
64 american_economi 49
0 0 0.0486
0 0 0.951
65 larg_part 4
0 0 0.00318
0 0 0.997
66 invis_hand 7
0 0 0.00677
0 0 0.993
67 quarter_centuri 42
0 0 0.0416
0 0 0.958
68 share_prosper 8
0 0 0.00597
0 0 0.994
69 decis_made 11
0 0 0.0103
0 0 0.99
70 busi_practic 28
0 0 0.0197
0 0 0.98
71 special_interest 4
0.000398 0 0.00338
0 0 0.996
72 wall_street 29
0 0 0.0269
0 0 0.973
73 main_street 2
0 0 0.00299
0 0 0.997
74 american_economi 13
0 0 0.0121
0 0 0.988
75 regulatori_reform 20
0 0 0.0129
0 0 0.987
76 lower_price 6
0.000199 0 0.00557
0 0 0.994
77 econom_system 67
0.00537 0 0.0579
0 0 0.937
78 big_monei 42
0.0498 0.00259 0.0565
0.00438 0 0.887
79 real_estat 3
0.000597 0.000597 0.0119
0.0482 0.00239 0.936
80 sound_familiar 55
0.000199 0.000199 0.843
0.000597 0 0.156
81 financi_servic 18
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0 0 0.933
82 servic_sector 0
0 0 0.000995
0 0 0.999
83 __NUM___centuri 15
0.000398 0 0.0139
0 0 0.986
84 subprim_mortgag 7
0 0 0.00796
0.000199 0 0.992
85 american_peopl 21
0.0527 0 0.173
0.000199 0 0.774
86 american_worker 15
0.00299 0.00139 0.778
0.00299 0 0.214
87 invis_hand 7
0 0 0.043
0 0 0.957
88 john_mccain 24
0 0 0.0223
0 0 0.978
89 financi_institut 7
0 0 0.0207
0 0 0.979
90 financi_sector 17
0.00159 0 0.555
0 0 0.444
91 phil_gramm 2
0 0 0.329
0 0 0.671
92 same_man 3
0 0 0.0221
0 0 0.978
93 john_mccain 4
0 0 0.00358
0 0 0.996
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0 0 0.00577
0 0 0.994
95 same_man 3
0 0 0.00199
0 0 0.998
96 unit_state 19
0.00438 0 0.0392
0 0 0.956
97 senat_mccain 14
0.000796 0.00179 0.0189
0.000796 0 0.978
98 same_thing 13
0.00677 0.000199 0.131
0 0 0.862
99 wall_street 32
0.00159 0 0.142
0.000597 0 0.856
100 tax_cut 11
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0 0 0.933
101 fiscal_respons 4
0 0 0.0155
0 0.000398 0.984
102 tax_cut 9
0.000995 0.00358 0.653
0 0 0.343
103 trillion_dollar 10
0 0 0.32
0 0 0.68
104 deficit_spend 7
0.000199 0.000199 0.0312
0 0 0.968
105 john_mccain 24
0 0 0.076
0 0 0.924
106 financi_market 10
0.000398 0 0.0507
0 0 0.949
107 special_interest 53
0.0193 0 0.0589
0.000199 0 0.922
108 white_hous 8
0.00139 0 0.0141
0.0165 0 0.968
109 consum_pai 13
0.00179 0.000796 0.0227
0.0123 0 0.962
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0.00517 0 0.0623
0.00736 0 0.925
111 wall_street 16
0.000398 0 0.0523
0.000597 0 0.947
112 senat_mccain 12
0.000995 0.00159 0.0756
0.000199 0 0.922
113 john_mccain 52
0.00577 0.000199 0.277
0 0 0.717
114 american_peopl 9
0.0107 0 0.073
0.00299 0 0.913
115 histori_show 4
0.00498 0.000995 0.0911
0.00876 0 0.894
116 econom_crisi 14
0.0257 0 0.412
0.00597 0.000199 0.556
117 harri_truman 3
0.0211 0.000398 0.0478
0.0308 0.000199 0.9
118 bill_clinton 16
0.000995 0 0.612
0.000597 0 0.386
119 american_economi 25
0.0131 0.00418 0.0999
0.000597 0 0.882
120 american_peopl 6
0.0782 0.000199 0.078
0.0127 0.00119 0.83
121 middl_class 11
0.134 0.225 0.415
0.0716 0.00139 0.152
122 class_american 0
0.00498 0.00915 0.00915
0.204 0.226 0.547
123 creat_job 42
0.00358 0.000199 0.891
0.00338 0.00657 0.0949
124 hous_crisi 6
0 0 0.0372
0.000995 0.000398 0.961
125 __NUM___centuri 6
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0.000796 0 0.988
126 american_economi 19
0 0.00597 0.0159
0.000199 0 0.978
127 job_creation 3
0 0.00299 0.0153
0 0.00597 0.976
128 __MONEY___billion 6
0.00179 0.00119 0.101
0 0.00537 0.89
129 econom_plan 2
0 0 0.795
0 0 0.205
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0 0 0.0318
0 0 0.968
131 budget_cut 19
0.000199 0 0.0774
0 0 0.922
132 hous_market 21
0 0 0.0165
0 0 0.983
133 fanni_mae 22
0 0 0.0171
0 0 0.983
134 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.000796
0 0 0.999
135 peopl_bui 13
0.0356 0.000597 0.0115
0 0 0.952
136 mortgag_market 59
0.0199 0.00776 0.082
0.00915 0.000597 0.881
137 fulli_understand 19
0.00836 0.000796 0.0285
0.0195 0.00517 0.938
138 incom_famili 18
0.00219 0.000199 0.0289
0.0211 0.000796 0.947
139 tax_credit 14
0.000995 0 0.0185
0.0145 0 0.966
140 mortgag_interest 12
0 0 0.0265
0 0 0.974
141 interest_rate 0
0.0111 0 0.000995
0 0 0.988
142 __NUM___million 2
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143 middl_class 9
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0.000796 0.000199 0.894
144 class_famili 0
0 0 0.00577
0 0 0.994
145 senat_mccain 2
0 0 0.0145
0 0 0.985
146 bankruptci_law 6
0 0 0.0191
0 0 0.981
147 bankruptci_judg 24
0 0 0.0179
0 0 0.982
148 senat_mccain 61
0.000398 0.00119 0.0577
0 0 0.941
149 work_peopl 28
0.00159 0 0.0384
0 0 0.96
150 financi_market 14
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0 0 0.983
151 hous_market 6
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0 0 0.996
152 capit_market 27
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0 0 0.976
153 public_trust 5
0 0 0.00279
0 0 0.997
154 core_principl 22
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0 0 0.981
155 financi_institut 14
0 0 0.0123
0 0 0.988
156 govern_oversight 13
0 0 0.0109
0 0 0.989
157 feder_reserv 5
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0 0 0.996
158 insur_polici 14
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0 0 0.986
159 american_taxpay 4
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0 0 0.996
160 financi_institut 11
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0 0 0.991
161 capit_requir 25
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0 0 0.982
162 financi_instrument 5
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0 0 0.996
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0 0 0.978
164 full_disclosur 20
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0 0 0.981
165 financi_institut 2
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0 0 0.985
167 financi_institut 4
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0 0 0.994
168 regulatori_agenc 19
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0 0 0.994
171 mortgag_broker 6
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0 0 0.996
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174 great_financi 53
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0.000995 0 0.928
175 system_risk 55
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0 0 0.972
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182 special_interest 19
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186 campaign_cash 13
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0.00358 0.000199 0.8
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215 tax_relief 12
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