Barack Obama

This speech titled 2008.08.02 originally had 2911 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 137 cue terms and an average lag of 19.2. 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 small_amount 8
0.771 0.0645 0.164
0 0 0
2 unit_state 82
0.651 0 0.0225
0.318 0 0.00896
3 foot_soldier 21
0.137 0 0
0.863 0 0.000398
4 plant_close 53
0.0291 0 0
0.971 0 0
5 bring_peopl 25
0.00179 0 0
0.998 0 0
6 commun_leader 7
0.000398 0 0
1 0 0
7 job_train 9
0.00577 0 0.000597
0.994 0 0
8 peopl_stand 18
0.497 0.00199 0.00358
0.498 0 0
9 young_person 72
0.598 0.000199 0
0.402 0 0
10 singl_dai 21
0.0752 0 0.000398
0.924 0 0
11 equal_treatment 8
0.0302 0.000796 0.00139
0.967 0 0.000398
12 racial_justic 27
0.0362 0 0
0.964 0 0
13 econom_justic 2
0.000597 0 0
0.999 0 0
14 lunch_counter 47
0.0145 0 0
0.985 0 0
15 execut_director 19
0.00637 0 0
0.994 0 0
16 year_ago 9
0.00995 0 0.00318
0.987 0 0
17 __DATE___dai 37
0.123 0 0
0.877 0 0
18 black_america 100
0.263 0.0145 0.0452
0.677 0 0
19 white_america 2
0.0293 0.000995 0.00557
0.907 0.0137 0.0432
20 rural_america 8
0.276 0 0.00378
0.707 0.00219 0.0107
21 hard_work 34
0.36 0 0.388
0.246 0 0.00577
22 middl_class 7
0.0159 0.00179 0.18
0.433 0 0.37
23 special_interest 36
0.0185 0 0.41
0.0919 0 0.48
24 free_market 7
0.000597 0 0.1
0.0171 0 0.882
25 stop_make 3
0.000597 0 0.0125
0.00776 0 0.979
26 job_loss 39
0.00498 0.00338 0.0352
0.00478 0 0.952
27 famili_incom 15
0.0691 0.000597 0.0456
0.00896 0.00139 0.874
28 health_care 11
0.297 0.00438 0.0354
0.0738 0.00119 0.589
29 tax_base 41
0.647 0.000995 0.0249
0.28 0.000597 0.0466
30 budget_deficit 3
0.0724 0 0.000597
0.913 0 0.0139
31 social_servic 3
0.00995 0 0.000398
0.983 0 0.00677
32 american_live 21
0.0581 0 0
0.942 0 0
33 metro_area 2
0.00119 0 0
0.999 0 0
34 top___NUM__ 4
0.00119 0 0
0.999 0 0
35 metro_area 1
0.00119 0 0
0.999 0 0
36 largest_economi 21
0.00517 0 0.000398
0.994 0 0
37 emerg_room 59
0.0263 0 0.047
0.926 0 0.000398
38 transit_system 19
0.00975 0.000398 0.00637
0.937 0 0.0464
39 urban_school 5
0.0434 0.000995 0.00876
0.907 0.000398 0.0398
40 young_peopl 3
0.139 0 0.0163
0.836 0.000199 0.00896
41 presid_kennedi 28
0.0289 0.000398 0.0486
0.901 0 0.0207
42 presid_bush 31
0.000597 0 0.928
0.0173 0 0.0537
43 econom_polici 1
0 0 0.0147
0.00796 0 0.977
44 senat_mccain 15
0.000199 0 0.0213
0.00119 0 0.977
45 presid_bush 15
0 0 0.0213
0 0 0.979
46 senat_mccain 23
0.000199 0.000796 0.038
0 0 0.961
47 econom_futur 22
0.00856 0.00259 0.0714
0.000199 0.000398 0.917
48 senat_mccain 1
0.000398 0.000796 0.00896
0.00557 0.00299 0.981
49 tax_break 5
0 0 0.399
0 0 0.601
50 job_oversea 5
0 0 0.104
0 0 0.896
51 creat_job 13
0.0175 0.00219 0.281
0 0 0.7
52 __MONEY___billion_worth 20
0.0299 0.000597 0.0687
0.0125 0.000597 0.888
53 tax_break 3
0 0 0.0708
0 0 0.929
54 big_corpor 2
0 0.000398 0.0147
0 0 0.985
55 __NUM___million 11
0.00756 0.231 0.261
0 0.000398 0.5
56 middl_class 1
0 0.0255 0.0191
0.00219 0.232 0.721
57 class_famili 0
0 0.0125 0.00318
0.00159 0.257 0.726
58 tax_relief 7
0.000199 0.118 0.0157
0 0.269 0.597
59 tax_cut 6
0.000597 0.0167 0.0255
0 0.383 0.574
60 work_american 12
0.00119 0.0191 0.0187
0.000199 0.394 0.567
61 incom_tax 24
0 0.585 0.000597
0 0.408 0.00617
62 payrol_tax 4
0 0.00876 0
0 0.991 0
63 capit_gain 4
0 0.00199 0
0 0.998 0
64 gain_tax 0
0 0.000597 0
0 0.999 0
65 senat_mccain 7
0.0607 0.00438 0.136
0.000199 0.799 0.000597
66 minimum_wage 8
0.447 0.000995 0.0655
0.0629 0.296 0.127
67 rise_cost 12
0.239 0.00199 0.00418
0.491 0.174 0.0901
68 earn_incom 4
0.274 0 0
0.722 0.00239 0.00159
69 incom_tax_credit 0
0.000199 0 0.000199
0.996 0.00239 0.00139
70 senat_mccain 37
0.0229 0.0553 0.821
0.0979 0.00139 0.00119
71 wall_street 92
0.00458 0 0.369
0.000398 0 0.626
72 main_street 4
0.00219 0 0.00716
0.00438 0 0.986
73 good_neighbor 101
0.954 0.00279 0.0125
0.00358 0 0.0269
74 american_dream 16
0.407 0.000398 0.0113
0.565 0 0.0167
75 south_side 53
0.299 0 0
0.701 0 0
76 year_ago 5
0.00915 0 0.00716
0.984 0 0
77 same_thing 46
0.349 0 0.0659
0.583 0 0.00179
78 __NUM___million_peopl 18
0.568 0.000199 0.000398
0.431 0 0.000398
79 health_care 5
0.00955 0 0
0.99 0 0
80 includ___NUM__ 2
0.00418 0.000597 0
0.995 0 0
81 african_american 3
0.00418 0 0
0.995 0.000398 0
82 health_care_cost 24
0.00896 0 0.00139
0.99 0 0
83 insur_compani 10
0.00338 0 0.00239
0.993 0 0.00139
84 health_care 11
0.0362 0.000398 0.0123
0.947 0 0.00358
85 la_vega 43
0.478 0.0145 0.193
0.306 0.000199 0.00776
86 senat_mccain 41
0.0392 0.0724 0.281
0.431 0.0121 0.164
87 __NUM___million 11
0.0255 0.00398 0.551
0.229 0.0255 0.165
88 wall_street 14
0.00159 0 0.394
0.00219 0 0.602
89 year_ago 7
0.000597 0 0.0293
0.00179 0 0.968
90 chri_dodd 16
0 0 0.0348
0 0 0.965
91 barnei_frank 3
0 0.000398 0.00557
0 0 0.994
92 hous_bill 4
0.000199 0 0.00498
0 0.000199 0.995
93 tax_credit 16
0.000995 0 0.0233
0 0 0.976
94 incom_american 7
0 0 0.00975
0 0 0.99
95 mortgag_payment 3
0 0 0.00239
0 0 0.998
96 invest_bank 8
0 0 0.00537
0 0 0.995
97 wall_street 2
0.000199 0 0.000995
0 0 0.999
98 main_street 22
0.0183 0 0.0225
0.000199 0 0.959
99 __NUM___million 32
0.914 0.0352 0.034
0.0153 0 0.00159
100 high_school 6
0.0517 0.00378 0
0.911 0.033 0.000398
101 includ___NUM__ 4
0.0205 0.128 0.0115
0.803 0.0372 0
102 colin_powel 12
0.326 0 0.000995
0.672 0.00119 0.000398
103 nation_largest 8
0.0318 0 0.000199
0.968 0 0
104 largest_citi 0
0.000995 0 0
0.999 0 0.000199
105 senat_mccain 24
0.0255 0.00119 0.00776
0.965 0 0.000199
106 educ_reform 10
0.0145 0.000199 0.00259
0.978 0.000796 0.00418
107 __NUM___year 8
0.0304 0 0.00677
0.96 0 0.00239
108 child_left 45
0.0285 0 0.000796
0.969 0 0.00139
109 tax_break 6
0.00139 0 0.0121
0.984 0 0.00219
110 head_start 25
0.0137 0 0.000796
0.981 0 0.00418
111 pell_grant 3
0.00597 0 0
0.994 0 0
112 public_school 46
0.00995 0 0
0.99 0 0
113 school_choic 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
114 charter_school 12
0.00179 0 0
0.998 0 0
115 pass_legisl 10
0.00179 0 0
0.998 0 0
116 charter_school 6
0.00179 0 0
0.998 0 0
117 public_monei 10
0.00179 0 0
0.998 0 0
118 privat_school 2
0.000398 0 0
1 0 0
119 public_school 11
0.00378 0 0
0.996 0 0
120 urban_area 78
0.03 0 0
0.97 0 0
121 introduc_legisl 4
0.00239 0 0.00119
0.996 0 0
122 dropout_rate 4
0.00279 0 0
0.997 0 0
123 middl_school 4
0.0119 0 0.000199
0.988 0 0
124 child_left 38
0.0123 0 0.000995
0.987 0 0
125 young_person 18
0.938 0 0.000398
0.0617 0 0
126 good_job 6
0.0267 0 0.0179
0.955 0 0.000398
127 global_economi 16
0.0519 0 0.0259
0.904 0 0.0179
128 health_care 15
0.124 0 0.0605
0.779 0 0.0366
129 good_job 2
0.00876 0 0.00995
0.886 0 0.0951
130 spend___MONEY___billion 8
0.0139 0 0.0362
0.848 0 0.102
131 gener_electr 81
0.279 0.0201 0.205
0.451 0 0.0446
132 african_american 65
0.248 0.00259 0.041
0.61 0.00139 0.0971
133 american_student 0
0.00259 0.000995 0.00358
0.851 0.00398 0.138
134 __NUM___year_ago 77
0.963 0 0.0253
0.0103 0 0.00119
135 hard_work 42
0.16 0 0.0113
0.822 0 0.00637
136 god_bless 91
0.306 0 0
0.694 0 0
137 god_bless_america 4
0.0177 0 0
0.982 0 0
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