John McCain

This speech titled 2008.07.09.remarks_at_a_town_hall_meeting_in_portsmouth_ohio originally had 1906 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 87 cue terms and an average lag of 18.6. 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
#	Cue term	Lag before term	Restart		∑Left	Center	∑Right
1	american_economi	26		✓	0.976	0	0.0241
1	american_economi	26		✗	0	0	0
2	__NUM___peopl	16		✓	0.034	0	0.000796
2	__NUM___peopl	16		✗	0.954	0	0.0109
3	job_creation	13		✓	0.0251	0	0
3	job_creation	13		✗	0.972	0	0.00259
4	good_job	29		✓	0.032	0	0.000995
4	good_job	29		✗	0.965	0	0.00159
5	energi_secur	69		✓	0.0842	0	0.00139
5	energi_secur	69		✗	0.913	0	0.00119
6	hard_work	26		✓	0.0279	0	0
6	hard_work	26		✗	0.972	0	0.000199
7	american_peopl	3		✓	0.00358	0	0.000398
7	american_peopl	3		✗	0.996	0	0
8	creat_job	7		✓	0.0101	0	0
8	creat_job	7		✗	0.99	0	0.000199
9	small_busi	38		✓	0.0416	0	0.00398
9	small_busi	38		✗	0.954	0	0
10	good_job	20		✓	0.0223	0	0.0213
10	good_job	20		✗	0.953	0	0.00378
11	american_peopl	11		✓	0.0105	0	0.0535
11	american_peopl	11		✗	0.91	0	0.0257
12	good_job	39		✓	0.0412	0	0.0629
12	good_job	39		✗	0.824	0	0.0718
13	job_american	0		✓	0.00179	0	0.00418
13	job_american	0		✗	0.859	0	0.135
14	energi_independ	12		✓	0.00279	0	0.702
14	energi_independ	12		✗	0.153	0	0.142
15	foreign_oil	5		✓	0.000597	0	0.0695
15	foreign_oil	5		✗	0.0876	0	0.842
16	thirti_year	3		✓	0.000398	0	0.00358
16	thirti_year	3		✗	0.0842	0	0.912
17	long_term	17		✓	0.00358	0	0.00179
17	long_term	17		✗	0.081	0	0.914
18	__NUM___america	8		✓	0.00159	0	0.000199
18	__NUM___america	8		✗	0.083	0	0.915
19	twenti_percent	8		✓	0.00119	0	0.00139
19	twenti_percent	8		✗	0.0824	0	0.915
20	week_ago	23		✓	0.00239	0	0.0227
20	week_ago	23		✗	0.0607	0	0.914
21	unit_state	52		✓	0	0	0.0697
21	unit_state	52		✗	0.000398	0	0.93
22	natur_ga	6		✓	0	0	0.00199
22	natur_ga	6		✗	0	0	0.998
23	lower_price	23		✓	0.000199	0	0.00159
23	lower_price	23		✗	0	0	0.998
24	clean_energi	9		✓	0	0	0.000199
24	clean_energi	9		✗	0	0	1
25	nuclear_power	1		✓	0	0	0.000199
25	nuclear_power	1		✗	0	0	1
26	nuclear_plant	19		✓	0.0109	0	0.000796
26	nuclear_plant	19		✗	0	0	0.988
27	good_job	6		✓	0.00756	0	0.000995
27	good_job	6		✗	0.0109	0	0.98
28	clean_coal	9		✓	0.00239	0	0.000398
28	clean_coal	9		✗	0.0183	0	0.979
29	creat_job	3		✓	0.000796	0	0.000199
29	creat_job	3		✗	0.0203	0	0.979
30	clean_coal	9		✓	0	0	0.00876
30	clean_coal	9		✗	0.0131	0	0.978
31	electr_car	72		✓	0	0	0.0165
31	electr_car	72		✗	0	0	0.983
32	solar_power	25		✓	0	0	0.000597
32	solar_power	25		✗	0	0	0.999
33	high_tech	9		✓	0	0	0.000995
33	high_tech	9		✗	0	0	0.999
34	__NUM___compani	7		✓	0	0	0.00557
34	__NUM___compani	7		✗	0	0	0.994
35	wind_turbin	3		✓	0	0	0.000995
35	wind_turbin	3		✗	0	0	0.999
36	suppli_chain	1		✓	0	0	0.000398
36	suppli_chain	1		✗	0	0	1
37	solar_energi	5		✓	0	0	0.000597
37	solar_energi	5		✗	0	0	0.999
38	state_univers	8		✓	0	0	0.00139
38	state_univers	8		✗	0	0	0.999
39	manufactur_base	8		✓	0	0	0.000796
39	manufactur_base	8		✗	0	0	0.999
40	nuclear_power	19		✓	0.00219	0	0.000398
40	nuclear_power	19		✗	0	0	0.997
41	electr_car	13		✓	0.00557	0	0.000995
41	electr_car	13		✗	0.00219	0	0.991
42	senat_obama	18		✓	0.355	0	0.0428
42	senat_obama	18		✗	0.00756	0	0.595
43	obama_agenda	0		✓	0.00159	0	0.000597
43	obama_agenda	0		✗	0.362	0	0.636
44	econom_recoveri	15		✓	0.613	0	0.000597
44	econom_recoveri	15		✗	0.357	0	0.0293
45	small_busi	15		✓	0.0486	0	0
45	small_busi	15		✗	0.951	0	0.000199
46	creat___NUM__	2		✓	0.00358	0	0
46	creat___NUM__	2		✗	0.996	0	0
47	__NUM___job	0		✓	0.000796	0	0
47	__NUM___job	0		✗	0.999	0	0
48	small_busi	11		✓	0.0139	0	0.000199
48	small_busi	11		✗	0.986	0	0
49	wage_cut	80		✓	0.0985	0	0.000398
49	wage_cut	80		✗	0.901	0	0
50	real_problem	10		✓	0.0135	0	0
50	real_problem	10		✗	0.986	0.000199	0
51	health_care	2		✓	0.00279	0	0.000199
51	health_care	2		✗	0.996	0.000796	0
52	make_life	21		✓	0.0261	0	0
52	make_life	21		✗	0.974	0	0
53	small_busi	3		✓	0.00418	0	0
53	small_busi	3		✗	0.996	0	0
54	senat_obama	17		✓	0.0193	0	0.00159
54	senat_obama	17		✗	0.979	0	0
55	import_thing	27		✓	0.0291	0	0.00119
55	import_thing	27		✗	0.969	0	0.000796
56	rais_tax	7		✓	0.0103	0	0
56	rais_tax	7		✗	0.99	0	0
57	__NUM___million	21		✓	0.0249	0	0
57	__NUM___million	21		✗	0.975	0	0
58	small_busi	1		✓	0.00139	0	0
58	small_busi	1		✗	0.999	0	0
59	busi_owner	0		✓	0.000796	0	0
59	busi_owner	0		✗	0.999	0	0
60	senat_obama	11		✓	0.0135	0	0
60	senat_obama	11		✗	0.986	0	0
61	tax_rate	6		✓	0.00577	0	0
61	tax_rate	6		✗	0.994	0	0
62	mutual_fund	13		✓	0.0153	0	0
62	mutual_fund	13		✗	0.985	0	0
63	retir_plan	6		✓	0.00577	0	0
63	retir_plan	6		✗	0.994	0	0
64	estat_tax	10		✓	0.0117	0	0
64	estat_tax	10		✗	0.988	0	0
65	world_trade	72		✓	0.0858	0	0
65	world_trade	72		✗	0.914	0	0
66	million_job	18		✓	0.0265	0	0
66	million_job	18		✗	0.974	0	0
67	open_market	3		✓	0.00517	0	0
67	open_market	3		✗	0.995	0	0
68	job_creation	3		✓	0.00458	0	0
68	job_creation	3		✗	0.995	0	0
69	plant_close	41		✓	0.0366	0	0.000398
69	plant_close	41		✗	0.963	0	0
70	commun_colleg	13		✓	0.00378	0	0.00517
70	commun_colleg	13		✗	0.99	0	0.000597
71	job_creation	51		✓	0.626	0	0.0326
71	job_creation	51		✗	0.34	0	0.000597
72	energi_bill	99		✓	0.202	0	0.0189
72	energi_bill	99		✗	0.754	0	0.0249
73	oil_compani	7		✓	0.0105	0	0
73	oil_compani	7		✗	0.946	0	0.043
74	__MONEY___billion	14		✓	0.03	0	0.00139
74	__MONEY___billion	14		✗	0.94	0	0.0289
75	senat_obama	32		✓	0.0595	0	0.00199
75	senat_obama	32		✗	0.938	0	0.000796
76	__MONEY___million	4		✓	0.00557	0	0.000597
76	__MONEY___million	4		✗	0.992	0	0.00199
77	million_dollar	10		✓	0.0111	0	0.000597
77	million_dollar	10		✗	0.987	0	0.000796
78	work_dai	5		✓	0.00637	0	0.00816
78	work_dai	5		✗	0.984	0	0.00159
79	unit_state	5		✓	0.000398	0	0.916
79	unit_state	5		✗	0.0669	0	0.0171
80	state_senat	0		✓	0	0	0.0177
80	state_senat	0		✗	0.0507	0	0.932
81	good_time	5		✓	0.00318	0	0.0185
81	good_time	5		✗	0.048	0	0.93
82	econom_downturn	22		✓	0.884	0	0.00478
82	econom_downturn	22		✗	0.05	0	0.0613
83	tough_time	8		✓	0.0161	0	0.00338
83	tough_time	8		✗	0.923	0	0.0579
84	govern_creat	74		✓	0.141	0	0.000796
84	govern_creat	74		✗	0.856	0	0.00219
85	creat_job	0		✓	0.00199	0	0
85	creat_job	0		✗	0.995	0	0.00299
86	parti_polit	107		✓	0.0117	0	0.919
86	parti_polit	107		✗	0.0667	0.000199	0.00219
87	special_interest	3		✓	0.00338	0	0.00995
87	special_interest	3		✗	0.0776	0	0.909
	__END_OF_SPEECH__	148