Barack Obama

This speech titled 2008.10.25 originally had 3542 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 165 cue terms and an average lag of 19.3. 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 4
0.98 0 0.0205
0 0 0
2 final_dai 79
0.276 0.000199 0.00179
0.721 0 0.000796
3 phone_call 29
0.197 0 0
0.803 0 0
4 tv_ad 5
0.0187 0 0.00119
0.98 0 0
5 american_peopl 30
0.0957 0 0.07
0.833 0 0.000995
6 challeng_face 21
0.0631 0 0.0846
0.795 0 0.0577
7 middl_class 1
0.00418 0.00299 0.432
0.452 0 0.109
8 class_famili 0
0.000796 0.000995 0.0862
0.371 0.00299 0.539
9 unit_state 26
0.0356 0 0.227
0.207 0 0.531
10 econom_crisi 11
0.000597 0 0.262
0.0247 0 0.713
11 great_depress 8
0.000796 0 0.0462
0.00716 0 0.946
12 __NUM___job 39
0.000398 0 0.153
0 0 0.846
13 health_care 32
0.0953 0.00517 0.175
0.000398 0 0.724
14 year_ago 53
0.0181 0.000199 0.361
0.0207 0.000398 0.599
15 week_ago 12
0.00896 0 0.106
0.0183 0 0.866
16 middl_class 19
0.00478 0.00199 0.398
0.00119 0 0.594
17 class_famili 0
0 0 0.0113
0.00438 0.00119 0.983
18 week_ago 14
0.00856 0 0.0625
0.00338 0 0.926
19 campaign_promis 34
0.00398 0.0115 0.245
0.00199 0 0.737
20 senat_mccain 4
0.000796 0.00498 0.0179
0.00498 0.0115 0.96
21 tax_cut 26
0.000995 0.00517 0.382
0 0.00876 0.603
22 middl_class 12
0.00418 0.000199 0.0693
0.000398 0.00836 0.918
23 senat_mccain 43
0 0 0.101
0 0.000597 0.898
24 econom_polici 9
0 0 0.00856
0 0 0.991
25 john_mccain 6
0 0 0.00478
0 0 0.995
26 georg_bush 33
0 0 0.0219
0 0 0.978
27 econom_polici 1
0 0 0.00119
0 0 0.999
28 georg_bush 18
0 0 0.00995
0 0 0.99
29 john_mccain 21
0 0 0.0163
0 0 0.984
30 georg_bush 5
0 0 0.00338
0 0 0.997
31 bush_polici 0
0 0 0.000398
0 0 1
32 john_mccain 40
0 0 0.0257
0 0 0.974
33 georg_bush 2
0 0 0.000796
0 0 0.999
34 econom_polici 8
0 0 0.00716
0 0 0.993
35 dick_chenei 3
0 0 0.00239
0 0 0.998
36 georg_bush 2
0 0 0.00279
0 0 0.997
37 foreign_polici 8
0.000199 0 0.00358
0 0 0.996
38 presid_bush 3
0 0 0.00159
0 0 0.998
39 senat_mccain 20
0.00159 0.00179 0.0137
0 0 0.983
40 middl_class 16
0.00179 0 0.383
0 0.000199 0.615
41 class_famili 0
0 0 0.00537
0.000597 0.000199 0.994
42 georg_bush 9
0 0 0.0167
0 0 0.983
43 john_mccain 2
0 0 0.00179
0 0 0.998
44 georg_bush 2
0 0 0.00239
0 0 0.998
45 john_mccain 2
0 0 0.00159
0 0 0.998
46 tax_break 5
0 0 0.0151
0 0 0.985
47 oil_compani 2
0 0 0.00637
0 0 0.994
48 job_oversea 8
0 0 0.00975
0 0 0.99
49 wall_street 7
0 0 0.00617
0 0 0.994
50 econom_polici 4
0 0 0.00259
0 0 0.997
51 georg_bush 9
0 0 0.00716
0 0 0.993
52 john_mccain 2
0.0221 0 0.00179
0 0 0.976
53 health_care 5
0.75 0.000398 0.0167
0.0221 0 0.211
54 insur_compani 11
0.186 0 0.0386
0.763 0 0.0117
55 health_care 7
0.00279 0 0.00318
0.946 0 0.0478
56 insur_compani 9
0.00179 0 0.0221
0.928 0 0.048
57 health_care_polici 4
0.00119 0 0.146
0.785 0 0.0677
58 georg_bush 10
0 0 0.782
0.00498 0 0.213
59 john_mccain 2
0 0 0.00677
0.000398 0 0.993
60 social_secur 4
0 0 0.00438
0 0 0.996
61 georg_bush 12
0 0 0.00915
0 0 0.991
62 john_mccain 2
0 0 0.00318
0 0 0.997
63 hous_crisi 3
0 0 0.0205
0 0 0.98
64 __MONEY___billion 11
0.000199 0.000199 0.0344
0 0 0.965
65 wall_street_bank 3
0 0 0.0157
0 0 0.984
66 georg_bush 14
0 0 0.0547
0 0 0.945
67 govern_regul 5
0.0137 0.00677 0.486
0 0 0.494
68 wall_street 41
0.00378 0 0.409
0.00119 0 0.586
69 protect_consum 17
0 0 0.466
0 0 0.534
70 john_mccain 22
0.000199 0 0.113
0 0 0.886
71 american_peopl 5
0.000199 0 0.00677
0.000199 0 0.993
72 georg_bush 21
0 0 0.0259
0 0 0.974
73 john_mccain 5
0 0 0.0515
0 0 0.948
74 difficult_time 9
0.0263 0.000199 0.752
0 0 0.221
75 american_peopl 33
0.0183 0 0.041
0.0215 0 0.919
76 unit_state 4
0.000796 0 0.0115
0.0378 0 0.95
77 great_challeng 14
0.000796 0 0.0249
0.0239 0 0.95
78 econom_polici 98
0.000398 0 0.137
0.000199 0 0.863
79 wall_street 3
0 0 0.00537
0 0 0.995
80 main_street 2
0 0 0.00259
0 0 0.997
81 econom_crisi 69
0.0281 0.000199 0.359
0 0 0.613
82 unit_state 80
0.228 0 0.535
0.0127 0 0.225
83 american_job 5
0.00856 0 0.0398
0.219 0 0.732
84 tax_credit 1
0.00279 0 0.00478
0.223 0 0.769
85 unit_state 11
0.0119 0 0.115
0.149 0 0.724
86 tax_break 9
0 0.00338 0.192
0.00139 0 0.803
87 job_oversea 5
0 0.000597 0.0187
0 0.00338 0.977
88 good_job 7
0.0277 0.124 0.0153
0.000199 0.00418 0.828
89 small_busi 7
0.000995 0.847 0.00478
0.000796 0.128 0.0183
90 capit_gain 8
0 0.0299 0
0 0.97 0
91 gain_tax 0
0 0.000199 0
0 1 0
92 door_open 9
0 0.00438 0
0 0.996 0
93 hire_worker 2
0 0.00239 0.000398
0 0.997 0
94 local_govern 14
0 0.00915 0.0231
0 0.968 0.000199
95 million_job 3
0 0.00279 0.045
0 0.928 0.0241
96 health_care 4
0.0581 0.00239 0.0776
0.000398 0.794 0.0677
97 nation_averag 35
0.0563 0.00975 0.379
0.0338 0.4 0.121
98 wall_street 66
0.00398 0.000199 0.824
0.00279 0.000995 0.168
99 main_street 8
0.000796 0.000398 0.0135
0.00438 0.00119 0.98
100 creat_job 35
0.0115 0.57 0.159
0.000398 0.00159 0.258
101 tax_relief 9
0 0.225 0.00736
0 0.568 0.2
102 tax_cut 24
0 0.176 0.0193
0 0.779 0.0263
103 fortun___NUM__ 16
0 0.0474 0.000199
0 0.943 0.00935
104 middl_class 7
0.000199 0.00856 0.00517
0 0.982 0.00378
105 tax_cut 1
0 0.00139 0
0.000199 0.99 0.00836
106 tax_rate 26
0 0.0275 0.000597
0 0.972 0.000398
107 ronald_reagan 9
0 0.00458 0.00159
0 0.993 0.000995
108 roll_back 7
0 0 0.989
0 0.00318 0.00736
109 bush_tax_cut 2
0 0 0.0163
0 0.000199 0.983
110 bill_clinton 15
0 0 0.0766
0 0 0.923
111 john_mccain 1
0 0 0.00657
0 0 0.993
112 year_ago 12
0.000398 0 0.035
0 0 0.965
113 bush_tax_cut 6
0 0.000199 0.0175
0 0 0.982
114 middl_class 29
0.00378 0.885 0.0193
0 0.000199 0.0915
115 class_american 0
0.000199 0.0203 0
0.000398 0.885 0.0937
116 tax_relief 4
0 0.0503 0.000995
0 0.902 0.0468
117 million_dollar 29
0 0.0673 0.000398
0 0.932 0.000796
118 includ___NUM__ 5
0 0.00378 0
0 0.996 0
119 small_busi 3
0 0.00199 0
0 0.998 0
120 busi_owner 0
0 0.000796 0
0 0.999 0
121 tax_increas 6
0 0.00279 0
0 0.997 0
122 payrol_tax 6
0 0.00517 0
0 0.995 0
123 incom_tax 4
0 0.00219 0
0 0.998 0
124 capit_gain 4
0 0.00358 0
0 0.996 0
125 gain_tax 0
0 0.000398 0
0 1 0
126 john_mccain 19
0.00199 0 0.989
0 0.00677 0.00239
127 georg_bush 6
0 0 0.0111
0.00139 0.000597 0.987
128 middl_class 45
0.0211 0.00478 0.93
0 0 0.0438
129 __MONEY___billion 10
0 0 0.104
0 0 0.896
130 renew_sourc 4
0 0 0.00716
0 0 0.993
131 green_job 9
0 0 0.00318
0 0 0.997
132 solar_panel 17
0 0 0.00577
0 0 0.994
133 wind_turbin 2
0 0 0.000398
0 0 1
134 middl_east 18
0.00358 0 0.0149
0 0 0.981
135 __NUM___centuri 32
0.53 0 0.0251
0.00199 0 0.443
136 spend___MONEY___billion 20
0.311 0 0.00796
0.497 0 0.184
137 health_care_system 28
0.2 0 0
0.8 0 0
138 insur_compani 49
0.0113 0 0.000199
0.988 0 0
139 health_care_plan 38
0.00975 0 0
0.99 0 0
140 insur_compani 5
0.000995 0 0
0.999 0 0
141 health_insur 15
0.00438 0 0
0.996 0 0
142 same_kind 30
0.00716 0 0
0.993 0 0
143 health_insur 2
0.000796 0 0
0.999 0 0
144 prevent_care 12
0.00219 0 0
0.998 0 0
145 health_care 10
0.0285 0.000597 0.00697
0.964 0 0
146 earli_childhood 79
0.98 0 0
0.0199 0 0
147 childhood_educ 0
0.000199 0 0
1 0 0
148 higher_standard 23
0.00597 0.000199 0
0.994 0 0
149 special_interest 53
0.953 0 0.0115
0.0354 0 0
150 young_peopl 6
0.0316 0 0.00119
0.967 0 0.000597
151 special_interest 5
0.0189 0 0.00617
0.973 0 0.00199
152 unit_state 317
0.76 0 0.0364
0.203 0 0
153 common_purpos 41
0.128 0.000199 0.00119
0.869 0 0.00199
154 unit_state 14
0.0605 0 0.0197
0.917 0 0.00259
155 futur_gener 36
0.0722 0 0.044
0.865 0 0.0183
156 american_peopl 133
0.287 0 0.225
0.456 0 0.0322
157 unit_state 213
0.261 0 0.59
0.0804 0 0.0681
158 main_street 60
0 0 0.472
0.000995 0 0.527
159 wall_street 2
0 0 0.00478
0.000597 0 0.995
160 tax_relief 5
0 0.0251 0.0245
0.000398 0 0.95
161 middl_class 3
0.218 0.00517 0.08
0.000199 0.0215 0.675
162 health_care 10
0.181 0.00378 0.0322
0.208 0.0157 0.559
163 ten_dai 64
0.708 0 0.00179
0.286 0 0.00438
164 god_bless 36
0.129 0 0
0.871 0 0
165 god_bless_america 5
0.0153 0 0
0.985 0 0
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