Barack Obama

This speech titled 2008.08.28.Convention originally had 5209 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 170 cue terms and an average lag of 28.1. 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 fellow_citizen 14
1 0 0.000199
0 0 0
2 great_nation 3
0.00418 0 0
0.996 0 0
3 unit_state 17
0.0275 0 0.00617
0.966 0 0
4 work_american 31
0.0269 0.000398 0.00915
0.959 0 0.00438
5 presid_clinton 15
0.0187 0 0.00219
0.977 0 0.00199
6 ted_kennedi 18
0.0103 0 0
0.99 0 0
7 vice_presid 13
0.00378 0 0
0.996 0 0
8 unit_state 3
0.00358 0 0
0.996 0 0
9 joe_biden 2
0.00119 0 0
0.999 0 0
10 world_leader 29
0.0119 0.000199 0.00318
0.985 0 0
11 michel_obama 26
0.0113 0.000199 0.000597
0.987 0 0.000597
12 year_ago 23
0.00915 0 0.000995
0.989 0 0.000796
13 young_man 18
0.0167 0 0
0.983 0 0
14 young_woman 5
0.00259 0 0.000597
0.997 0 0
15 hard_work 45
0.935 0.000597 0.0496
0.0149 0 0.000199
16 american_famili 18
0.076 0.0137 0.00995
0.867 0.000597 0.033
17 work_harder 107
0.354 0.00159 0.113
0.524 0.000199 0.00716
18 credit_card 30
0.000199 0 0.9
0.000796 0 0.0993
19 govern_make 20
0 0.000199 0.0364
0 0 0.963
20 direct_result 8
0 0 0.0101
0 0 0.99
21 hard_work 63
0.604 0 0.202
0 0 0.194
22 twenti_year 23
0.0959 0.000199 0.0697
0.521 0 0.313
23 american_citi 60
0.259 0.000796 0.0621
0.542 0 0.136
24 american_peopl 11
0.26 0 0.276
0.279 0 0.184
25 __NUM___centuri 29
0.087 0 0.0734
0.438 0 0.401
26 same_parti 14
0.000796 0.00119 0.671
0.0191 0 0.308
27 georg_bush 7
0.000199 0 0.18
0 0 0.82
28 dick_chenei 2
0 0 0.00517
0 0 0.995
29 republican_nomine 50
0.000199 0 0.0571
0 0 0.943
30 john_mccain 2
0.000199 0 0.00179
0.000199 0 0.998
31 georg_bush 61
0 0 0.0438
0 0 0.956
32 senat_mccain 6
0 0 0.00537
0 0 0.995
33 georg_bush 20
0 0 0.0113
0 0 0.989
34 health_care 48
0.0217 0.00776 0.0736
0 0 0.897
35 senat_mccain 7
0.000995 0.00139 0.00915
0.0197 0.00736 0.961
36 econom_plan 43
0.000995 0 0.499
0.000199 0 0.5
37 auto_worker 47
0.0183 0.00478 0.28
0.000995 0 0.696
38 work_hard 74
0.264 0.00199 0.433
0.00537 0.000199 0.296
39 senat_mccain 22
0.00677 0.0573 0.169
0.0724 0.00219 0.692
40 million_dollar 30
0.00179 0.0221 0.297
0.00816 0.0426 0.628
41 tax_break 13
0 0 0.115
0.000199 0.000597 0.884
42 big_corpor 2
0 0 0.00478
0 0 0.995
43 oil_compani 2
0 0 0.00358
0 0 0.996
44 tax_relief 6
0.000199 0.000398 0.00657
0 0 0.993
45 million_american 6
0.0143 0 0.00378
0.000398 0 0.981
46 health_care_plan 8
0.00179 0 0.00697
0.0145 0 0.977
47 social_secur 30
0 0 0.041
0.00498 0 0.954
48 john_mccain 8
0 0 0.00378
0.00498 0 0.991
49 ownership_societi 50
0.0316 0.000199 0.0312
0.00478 0 0.932
50 health_care 20
0.117 0.00796 0.173
0.034 0 0.668
51 extra_monei 84
0.00279 0.000199 0.889
0.00119 0 0.106
52 __NUM___million 24
0.00179 0.000199 0.103
0.000199 0 0.895
53 bill_clinton 7
0 0 0.0342
0 0 0.966
54 averag_american 6
0 0 0.0269
0 0 0.973
55 american_famili 0
0.000199 0 0.00159
0 0 0.998
56 georg_bush 15
0 0 0.0129
0 0 0.987
57 fortun___NUM__ 21
0.00139 0.0344 0.0203
0 0 0.944
58 good_idea 7
0.61 0.000796 0.257
0.00119 0.00876 0.123
59 pearl_harbor 105
0.567 0 0.00279
0.429 0 0.000995
60 gi_bill 23
0.164 0 0
0.836 0 0
61 food_stamp 46
0.305 0.000199 0.000796
0.694 0 0
62 student_loan 19
0.178 0 0.00299
0.819 0 0
63 south_side 27
0.0848 0 0
0.915 0 0
64 decad_ago 11
0.00318 0 0
0.997 0 0
65 plant_close 5
0 0 0
1 0 0
66 hard_work 57
0.34 0 0.648
0.0113 0 0
67 john_mccain 62
0.0161 0.000597 0.357
0.0442 0 0.582
68 unit_state 44
0.0774 0 0.0955
0.0316 0 0.795
69 american_job 68
0.0197 0.00836 0.16
0.0269 0 0.785
70 american_worker 5
0.00179 0.00279 0.0468
0.0299 0.00776 0.911
71 tax_code 184
0.00159 0.00856 0.777
0 0.000199 0.212
72 american_worker 12
0.00119 0.00139 0.072
0 0.00557 0.92
73 small_busi 2
0 0.000597 0.0179
0.000796 0.00657 0.974
74 john_mccain 5
0 0 0.0265
0 0.000597 0.973
75 tax_break 6
0 0 0.0285
0 0 0.972
76 job_oversea 5
0 0.000398 0.0139
0 0 0.986
77 good_job 12
0.0364 0.162 0.0215
0 0.000398 0.78
78 capit_gain 8
0 0.839 0
0 0.161 0
79 gain_tax 0
0 0.000199 0
0 1 0
80 small_busi 3
0 0.00358 0.000398
0 0.996 0
81 cut_tax 22
0 0.0143 0.0193
0 0.966 0.000796
82 work_famili 10
0.00119 0.00637 0.0125
0 0.961 0.0191
83 rais_tax 15
0 0.00856 0.0945
0 0.869 0.0275
84 ten_year 34
0.00119 0 0.892
0 0.000796 0.106
85 middl_east 12
0 0 0.00557
0 0 0.994
86 thirti_year 11
0 0 0.00299
0 0 0.997
87 john_mccain 3
0 0 0.00139
0 0 0.999
88 renew_energi 30
0 0 0.00975
0 0 0.99
89 senat_mccain 20
0 0.000199 0.00776
0 0 0.992
90 natur_ga 40
0 0 0.0109
0 0 0.989
91 clean_coal 5
0 0 0.00139
0 0 0.999
92 nuclear_power 9
0 0 0.00239
0 0 0.998
93 auto_compani 4
0 0 0.00159
0 0 0.998
94 american_peopl 27
0.000199 0 0.00975
0 0 0.99
95 __NUM___billion 9
0 0 0.00378
0 0 0.996
96 billion_dollar 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
97 renew_sourc 8
0 0 0.00259
0 0 0.997
98 wind_power 4
0 0 0.000597
0 0 0.999
99 solar_power 2
0 0 0.000597
0 0 0.999
100 moral_oblig 47
0.998 0 0.00199
0 0 0.000199
101 global_economi 21
0.00736 0 0
0.993 0 0
102 earli_childhood 35
0.00816 0 0
0.992 0 0
103 childhood_educ 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
104 higher_standard 26
0.00756 0 0
0.992 0 0
105 young_american 12
0.0151 0 0
0.985 0 0
106 colleg_educ 21
0.35 0 0
0.65 0 0
107 health_care 14
0.618 0.00119 0.0183
0.362 0 0
108 same_kind 27
0.0424 0 0.00398
0.947 0 0.00677
109 insur_compani 18
0.00597 0 0.0113
0.973 0 0.00995
110 famili_leav 41
0.465 0.00199 0.0963
0.427 0 0.00995
111 bankruptci_law 30
0.00119 0.00219 0.849
0.0492 0.000398 0.0985
112 social_secur 18
0.00557 0 0.774
0.000597 0 0.22
113 futur_gener 2
0.00378 0 0.0143
0.00537 0 0.977
114 cost_monei 40
0.0304 0.00239 0.14
0.00338 0 0.824
115 tax_haven 20
0.000398 0 0.15
0.000398 0.000398 0.849
116 feder_budget 13
0.0265 0.000398 0.0844
0 0.000398 0.888
117 longer_work 10
0.416 0.0131 0.0213
0.0259 0.000796 0.523
118 twentieth_centuri 25
0.23 0.0101 0.0299
0.43 0.00935 0.291
119 energi_independ 51
0.366 0 0.00498
0.623 0 0.00517
120 young_men 28
0.0295 0 0
0.97 0 0.000199
121 individu_respons 51
0.0937 0 0.0283
0.878 0 0
122 john_mccain 36
0.0111 0.00159 0.697
0.263 0 0.0269
123 senat_mccain 35
0.00259 0.00577 0.335
0.0255 0.000796 0.63
124 real_threat 28
0 0 0.201
0 0 0.799
125 john_mccain 4
0 0 0.00119
0 0 0.999
126 made_clear 35
0 0 0.00796
0 0 0.992
127 osama_bin_laden 6
0 0 0.00119
0 0 0.999
128 john_mccain 12
0 0 0.000796
0 0 0.999
129 bin_laden 7
0 0 0.00119
0 0 0.999
130 time_frame 26
0 0 0.00418
0 0 0.996
131 iraqi_govern 12
0 0 0.00896
0 0 0.991
132 bush_administr 4
0.000199 0 0.0484
0 0 0.951
133 __MONEY___billion 10
0 0 0.00458
0 0 0.995
134 john_mccain 8
0 0 0.00756
0 0 0.992
135 georg_bush 91
0.000398 0 0.0334
0 0 0.966
136 foreign_polici 57
0.00677 0 0.0356
0 0 0.958
137 al_qaeda 93
0 0 0.0366
0 0 0.963
138 nuclear_weapon 31
0.00119 0 0.00299
0 0 0.996
139 __NUM___centuri 16
0.0209 0 0.00736
0.00119 0 0.971
140 john_mccain 79
0.0605 0.00119 0.61
0.00458 0 0.324
141 polit_purpos 16
0.0247 0.00438 0.0322
0.0629 0.000597 0.875
142 john_mccain 66
0.0336 0.000995 0.178
0.0663 0.000398 0.721
143 unit_state 51
0.21 0 0.0756
0.0901 0 0.624
144 john_mccain 10
0.0183 0.000199 0.0119
0.289 0 0.68
145 trade_deficit 64
0.709 0 0.000995
0.29 0 0.000199
146 common_purpos 10
0.00856 0.000199 0.000597
0.99 0 0.000398
147 gun_ownership 39
0.00418 0.00418 0.89
0.102 0 0.000199
148 sex_marriag 49
0.00139 0.000398 0.114
0.0133 0.000199 0.871
149 live_free 28
0.000199 0 0.0187
0.000398 0 0.981
150 hire_illeg 31
0 0 0.00179
0 0 0.998
151 illeg_worker 0
0 0 0.000199
0 0 1
152 public_life 58
0.0213 0.00378 0.0207
0 0 0.954
153 trojan_hors 4
0.000796 0.000398 0.0193
0.0161 0.00338 0.96
154 higher_tax 2
0.00139 0 0.499
0.00119 0.000597 0.498
155 small_thing 57
0.0119 0.00239 0.359
0.000199 0 0.626
156 histori_teach 177
0.238 0.00398 0.701
0.00159 0 0.0553
157 american_peopl 27
0.0498 0 0.0261
0.205 0 0.719
158 peopl_demand 0
0.00179 0.000398 0.00119
0.254 0 0.742
159 health_care 64
0.581 0.00975 0.281
0.115 0 0.0133
160 parti_line 22
0.116 0.000597 0.0989
0.557 0.00299 0.224
161 nuclear_weapon 20
0.0927 0 0.0557
0.586 0 0.266
162 young_peopl 14
0.36 0 0.00338
0.636 0 0.000995
163 long_time 18
0.0607 0 0.00279
0.935 0 0.00179
164 good_neighbor 53
0.113 0.000398 0.00398
0.882 0 0.000597
165 american_spirit 76
0.0716 0.00876 0.034
0.885 0 0.000995
166 picket_line 102
0.139 0.000199 0.00239
0.858 0 0.000796
167 year_ago 17
0.038 0.000995 0.0424
0.916 0 0.00259
168 turn_back 136
0.968 0 0.00279
0.0289 0 0
169 god_bless 117
0.384 0 0
0.616 0 0
170 unit_state 2
0.0111 0 0.00498
0.984 0 0
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