Barack Obama

This speech titled 2008.10.20 originally had 3753 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 138 cue terms and an average lag of 24.5. 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 __NUM___dai 22
0.987 0 0.0133
0 0 0
2 great_american 62
0.215 0 0.00179
0.783 0 0.000398
3 colin_powel 4
0.0209 0 0
0.979 0 0
4 final_dai 28
0.0923 0 0
0.908 0 0
5 phone_call 29
0.219 0 0.000398
0.781 0 0
6 tv_ad 5
0.0181 0 0.00577
0.976 0 0.000199
7 senat_mccain 26
0.0704 0.0185 0.105
0.8 0 0.00577
8 run_mate 1
0.117 0 0.0249
0.802 0.000796 0.0549
9 work_hard 14
0.312 0.000597 0.184
0.466 0 0.0374
10 problem_face 52
0.0187 0 0.771
0.0501 0 0.16
11 american_peopl 2
0.000199 0 0.00915
0.0609 0 0.93
12 econom_crisi 13
0 0 0.0774
0.00219 0 0.92
13 great_depress 8
0 0 0.0133
0.000199 0 0.986
14 __NUM___worker 35
0 0 0.0275
0 0 0.973
15 health_care 34
0.0243 0.00179 0.072
0 0 0.902
16 year_ago 53
0.00199 0.000199 0.123
0.00239 0 0.872
17 week_ago 12
0.000398 0 0.0223
0.000995 0 0.976
18 difficult_time 6
0.000995 0 0.00577
0.000796 0 0.992
19 american_peopl 33
0.0543 0 0.0376
0.000995 0 0.907
20 unit_state 4
0.00716 0 0.0111
0.0537 0 0.928
21 great_challeng 14
0.00299 0 0.0229
0.0523 0 0.922
22 senat_mccain 120
0 0.000199 0.933
0 0 0.0673
23 mccain_campaign 0
0 0 0.00438
0 0 0.996
24 week_ago 6
0.000597 0 0.0107
0 0 0.989
25 john_mccain 35
0.000398 0 0.0492
0 0 0.95
26 american_peopl 44
0.00557 0 0.0448
0 0 0.95
27 unit_state 24
0.00338 0 0.0472
0.00159 0 0.948
28 john_mccain 5
0 0 0.0103
0.000995 0 0.989
29 georg_bush 6
0 0 0.00915
0.000398 0 0.99
30 econom_polici 21
0.000199 0 0.431
0 0 0.569
31 wall_street 3
0 0 0.116
0 0 0.884
32 main_street 2
0 0 0.0203
0 0 0.98
33 econom_crisi 58
0.0155 0 0.404
0 0 0.58
34 unit_state 78
0.0219 0 0.246
0.00338 0 0.729
35 job_creation 12
0 0.000995 0.0527
0.000199 0.000199 0.946
36 financi_system 10
0 0 0.0101
0 0 0.99
37 bad_decis 60
0 0 0.0543
0 0 0.946
38 wall_street 2
0 0 0.00219
0 0 0.998
39 senat_mccain 8
0 0.000597 0.00896
0 0 0.99
40 __MONEY___billion 45
0 0.000199 0.0464
0 0 0.953
41 wall_street_bank 3
0 0 0.0129
0 0.000199 0.987
42 american_taxpay 16
0 0 0.0225
0 0 0.978
43 good_idea 6
0.000398 0 0.00856
0 0 0.991
44 hous_crisi 26
0 0 0.0197
0 0 0.98
45 home_buyer 14
0 0.000597 0.0119
0 0 0.987
46 tax_dollar 30
0.000398 0 0.0187
0 0 0.981
47 wall_street 33
0 0 0.031
0 0 0.969
48 main_street 8
0.000199 0 0.00697
0 0 0.993
49 unit_state 11
0.000199 0 0.0185
0.000199 0 0.981
50 american_peopl 3
0.000199 0 0.00318
0.000398 0 0.996
51 __MONEY___billion 6
0.000199 0 0.00517
0 0 0.995
52 financi_institut 4
0 0 0.00418
0 0 0.996
53 american_peopl 14
0.00179 0 0.0137
0 0 0.984
54 mortgag_payment 42
0 0 0.0386
0 0 0.961
55 credit_market 35
0.00498 0 0.0263
0 0 0.969
56 start_work 12
0.303 0.000995 0.0438
0.00478 0 0.647
57 senat_mccain 97
0.0213 0.0671 0.394
0.0306 0.000597 0.486
58 unit_state 19
0.304 0.00119 0.179
0.0119 0.0161 0.487
59 middl_class 12
0.048 0.234 0.103
0.226 0.0171 0.373
60 rise_cost 37
0.00577 0.631 0.0125
0.0193 0.245 0.086
61 tax_relief 4
0 0.0615 0.000995
0 0.874 0.0639
62 tax_cut 24
0.000199 0.0647 0.00697
0 0.92 0.00856
63 fortun___NUM__ 14
0 0.0201 0.000995
0 0.974 0.00517
64 tax_cut 8
0 0.00557 0.00657
0 0.982 0.00577
65 american_worker 8
0.000199 0.00498 0.00796
0 0.975 0.0115
66 tax_rate 19
0 0.0277 0.00119
0 0.969 0.00219
67 ronald_reagan 9
0 0.00478 0.00119
0 0.991 0.00318
68 roll_back 7
0 0 0.985
0 0.00398 0.0107
69 bush_tax_cut 2
0 0 0.0121
0 0 0.988
70 bill_clinton 15
0 0 0.075
0 0 0.925
71 john_mccain 1
0.000199 0 0.00896
0 0 0.991
72 year_ago 12
0.00119 0.000199 0.0356
0.000199 0 0.963
73 bush_tax_cut 6
0 0.000995 0.0179
0.000398 0.000199 0.98
74 middl_class 29
0.00756 0.839 0.0297
0 0.000995 0.123
75 class_american 0
0 0.0215 0.000597
0.00338 0.84 0.135
76 tax_relief 4
0 0.0631 0.00199
0 0.859 0.0764
77 million_dollar 29
0 0.0949 0.000398
0 0.903 0.00119
78 includ___NUM__ 5
0 0.00537 0
0 0.995 0
79 small_busi 3
0 0.00219 0
0 0.998 0
80 busi_owner 0
0 0.000199 0
0 1 0
81 tax_increas 6
0 0.00498 0
0 0.995 0
82 payrol_tax 6
0 0.00458 0
0 0.995 0
83 incom_tax 4
0 0.00259 0
0 0.997 0
84 capit_gain 4
0 0.00318 0
0 0.997 0
85 gain_tax 0
0 0.000398 0
0 1 0
86 american_job 12
0.183 0.000398 0.742
0.000796 0.0687 0.00458
87 tax_credit 5
0.0239 0.000199 0.0388
0.177 0.0197 0.74
88 unit_state 11
0.0157 0 0.126
0.133 0 0.725
89 tax_break 10
0.000199 0 0.198
0.000995 0 0.801
90 job_oversea 5
0 0.000199 0.0181
0 0 0.982
91 good_job 7
0.0251 0.144 0.0165
0 0.000597 0.813
92 small_busi 7
0.000995 0.822 0.00637
0.000398 0.145 0.0249
93 capit_gain 8
0 0.037 0
0 0.963 0
94 gain_tax 0
0 0.000398 0
0 1 0
95 door_open 9
0 0.00458 0
0 0.995 0
96 hire_worker 2
0 0.00179 0
0 0.998 0
97 local_govern 14
0 0.00975 0.00438
0 0.986 0
98 million_job 3
0 0.00199 0.0472
0 0.946 0.00517
99 health_care 4
0.0426 0.00199 0.114
0.000398 0.788 0.0523
100 creat_job 43
0.00438 0.00179 0.816
0.00119 0.0513 0.126
101 __MONEY___billion 14
0 0 0.104
0.000199 0.00219 0.894
102 renew_sourc 4
0 0 0.00597
0 0 0.994
103 green_job 9
0 0 0.00199
0 0 0.998
104 solar_panel 17
0 0 0.00398
0 0 0.996
105 wind_turbin 2
0 0 0.000597
0 0 0.999
106 middl_east 18
0.00378 0 0.0105
0 0 0.986
107 __NUM___centuri 32
0.537 0 0.0263
0.00279 0 0.434
108 spend___MONEY___billion 20
0.317 0 0.00736
0.503 0 0.172
109 health_care_system 28
0.185 0 0
0.815 0 0
110 insur_compani 49
0.0117 0 0.000199
0.988 0 0
111 health_care_plan 38
0.00816 0 0
0.992 0 0
112 insur_compani 5
0.00159 0 0
0.998 0 0
113 health_insur 15
0.00338 0 0
0.997 0 0
114 same_kind 30
0.00697 0 0
0.993 0 0
115 health_insur 2
0.00119 0 0
0.999 0 0
116 prevent_care 12
0.00378 0 0
0.996 0 0
117 health_care 10
0.0334 0.00199 0.00498
0.96 0 0
118 earli_childhood 79
0.978 0 0
0.0225 0 0
119 childhood_educ 0
0.000199 0 0
1 0 0
120 higher_standard 23
0.00537 0 0.000199
0.994 0 0
121 special_interest 53
0.963 0 0.00856
0.0283 0 0
122 young_peopl 6
0.0324 0 0.000199
0.967 0 0
123 special_interest 5
0.0249 0 0.00478
0.97 0 0.000199
124 american_peopl 81
0.298 0 0.0302
0.67 0 0.00239
125 small_town 17
0.0734 0.000199 0.00299
0.902 0 0.0209
126 unit_state 447
0.886 0.000199 0.0422
0.0712 0 0
127 common_purpos 41
0.135 0 0.00139
0.86 0 0.00358
128 unit_state 14
0.0571 0 0.0169
0.922 0 0.00438
129 futur_gener 36
0.0722 0 0.0438
0.869 0 0.0147
130 american_peopl 133
0.291 0.000199 0.23
0.449 0 0.0297
131 unit_state 213
0.267 0 0.592
0.0768 0 0.0645
132 main_street 60
0.000199 0 0.47
0 0 0.53
133 wall_street 2
0 0 0.00577
0 0 0.994
134 tax_relief 5
0 0.0155 0.0299
0 0 0.955
135 middl_class 3
0.154 0.00517 0.0852
0 0.0131 0.742
136 health_care 10
0.136 0.00338 0.0368
0.146 0.0131 0.665
137 god_bless 101
0.826 0 0
0.174 0 0
138 god_bless_america 5
0.0179 0 0
0.982 0 0
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