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Barack Obama

This speech titled 2008.09.16 originally had 4660 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 250 cue terms and an average lag of 16.6. 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
Restart ∑Left Center ∑Right
1 wall_street 19
✓
0.00199 0 0.998
✗
0 0 0
2 american_peopl 4
✓
0.000796 0 0.00657
✗
0.00119 0 0.991
3 lehman_brother 8
✓
0.000199 0 0.0149
✗
0 0 0.985
4 financi_institut 3
✓
0 0 0.00617
✗
0 0 0.994
5 financi_market 19
✓
0 0.000199 0.0155
✗
0 0 0.984
6 pai_job 16
✓
0 0 0.0468
✗
0 0 0.953
7 work_american 3
✓
0 0 0.00597
✗
0 0 0.994
8 mortgag_payment 13
✓
0 0 0.0135
✗
0 0 0.986
9 year_ago 7
✓
0 0 0.0121
✗
0 0 0.988
10 hous_market 3
✓
0 0 0.00239
✗
0 0 0.998
11 fanni_mae 3
✓
0 0 0.00378
✗
0 0 0.996
12 freddi_mac 2
✓
0 0 0.00279
✗
0 0 0.997
13 invest_bank 15
✓
0 0 0.0121
✗
0 0 0.988
14 bank_fail 0
✓
0 0 0.000597
✗
0 0 0.999
15 wall_street 10
✓
0.000199 0 0.0255
✗
0 0 0.974
16 financi_crisi 15
✓
0.000796 0 0.143
✗
0 0 0.856
17 senat_mccain 4
✓
0.000995 0.00637 0.0559
✗
0.000597 0 0.936
18 american_worker 47
✓
0.0133 0.035 0.761
✗
0 0.00259 0.188
19 senat_mccain 7
✓
0.00677 0.00418 0.0229
✗
0.0113 0.0366 0.918
20 __NUM___time 25
✓
0.0201 0.00159 0.656
✗
0.0129 0.00557 0.303
21 senat_mccain 12
✓
0.00537 0.0119 0.038
✗
0.0318 0.00716 0.906
22 __NUM___year 39
✓
0.113 0 0.83
✗
0.00915 0 0.0478
23 washington_lobbyist 42
✓
0.000398 0 0.284
✗
0 0 0.715
24 consum_protect 2
✓
0 0 0.00239
✗
0 0 0.998
25 special_interest 10
✓
0.00159 0 0.0111
✗
0 0 0.987
26 work_peopl 3
✓
0.000199 0 0.00478
✗
0.00139 0 0.994
27 life_save 26
✓
0.00159 0.000199 0.0607
✗
0.00119 0 0.936
28 health_care 30
✓
0.81 0.00199 0.0237
✗
0.00259 0 0.162
29 colleg_educ 10
✓
0.211 0 0.00219
✗
0.774 0 0.0133
30 unit_state 68
✓
0.12 0 0.533
✗
0.338 0 0.00995
31 american_peopl 6
✓
0.0109 0 0.121
✗
0.338 0 0.53
32 american_economi 23
✓
0.000398 0.00338 0.375
✗
0.00458 0 0.616
33 senat_mccain 22
✓
0.000796 0.000398 0.0245
✗
0.000398 0.00159 0.972
34 bush_administr 31
✓
0 0 0.0306
✗
0 0 0.969
35 introduc_legisl 42
✓
0.000199 0 0.039
✗
0 0 0.961
36 subprim_mortgag 48
✓
0 0 0.037
✗
0 0 0.963
37 senat_mccain 2
✓
0 0 0.00199
✗
0 0 0.998
38 divid_line 28
✓
0 0 0.0245
✗
0 0 0.976
39 wall_street 2
✓
0 0 0.00219
✗
0 0 0.998
40 main_street 2
✓
0 0 0.00139
✗
0 0 0.999
41 capit_market 12
✓
0 0 0.00736
✗
0 0 0.993
42 senat_mccain 4
✓
0 0 0.00438
✗
0 0 0.996
43 mortgag_crisi 14
✓
0 0 0.00995
✗
0 0 0.99
44 stimulu_packag 32
✓
0 0 0.0267
✗
0 0 0.973
45 senat_mccain 5
✓
0 0 0.00657
✗
0 0 0.993
46 stimulu_plan 13
✓
0 0 0.0113
✗
0 0 0.989
47 corpor_tax 7
✓
0.000995 0 0.98
✗
0 0 0.0187
48 tax_cut 0
✓
0 0.000199 0.0101
✗
0.000398 0 0.989
49 __MONEY___billion 3
✓
0.00478 0 0.0157
✗
0.000199 0 0.979
50 big_oil 3
✓
0 0 0.00358
✗
0.00498 0 0.991
51 oil_compani 0
✓
0 0 0.00517
✗
0.00458 0 0.99
52 bear_stearn 16
✓
0.00179 0.000199 0.978
✗
0.000199 0 0.0199
53 __NUM___centuri 9
✓
0.000995 0 0.0129
✗
0.00119 0 0.985
54 financi_market 13
✓
0 0 0.0149
✗
0 0 0.985
55 week_earlier 4
✓
0.000199 0 0.00597
✗
0 0 0.994
56 senat_mccain 2
✓
0 0 0.00199
✗
0.000199 0 0.998
57 free_market 34
✓
0.00139 0 0.0271
✗
0 0 0.972
58 special_interest 7
✓
0.00179 0 0.00935
✗
0.00119 0 0.988
59 averag_worker 26
✓
0.000597 0.000199 0.0344
✗
0.000398 0 0.964
60 wall_street 2
✓
0 0 0.0123
✗
0 0 0.988
61 senat_mccain 8
✓
0.000398 0 0.0561
✗
0 0 0.943
62 georg_bush 13
✓
0.000199 0 0.0462
✗
0.000199 0 0.953
63 free_market 87
✓
0.00498 0.000199 0.162
✗
0 0 0.832
64 american_economi 49
✓
0 0 0.0486
✗
0 0 0.951
65 larg_part 4
✓
0 0 0.00318
✗
0 0 0.997
66 invis_hand 7
✓
0 0 0.00677
✗
0 0 0.993
67 quarter_centuri 42
✓
0 0 0.0416
✗
0 0 0.958
68 share_prosper 8
✓
0 0 0.00597
✗
0 0 0.994
69 decis_made 11
✓
0 0 0.0103
✗
0 0 0.99
70 busi_practic 28
✓
0 0 0.0197
✗
0 0 0.98
71 special_interest 4
✓
0.000398 0 0.00338
✗
0 0 0.996
72 wall_street 29
✓
0 0 0.0269
✗
0 0 0.973
73 main_street 2
✓
0 0 0.00299
✗
0 0 0.997
74 american_economi 13
✓
0 0 0.0121
✗
0 0 0.988
75 regulatori_reform 20
✓
0 0 0.0129
✗
0 0 0.987
76 lower_price 6
✓
0.000199 0 0.00557
✗
0 0 0.994
77 econom_system 67
✓
0.00537 0 0.0579
✗
0 0 0.937
78 big_monei 42
✓
0.0498 0.00259 0.0565
✗
0.00438 0 0.887
79 real_estat 3
✓
0.000597 0.000597 0.0119
✗
0.0482 0.00239 0.936
80 sound_familiar 55
✓
0.000199 0.000199 0.843
✗
0.000597 0 0.156
81 financi_servic 18
✓
0 0 0.0673
✗
0 0 0.933
82 servic_sector 0
✓
0 0 0.000995
✗
0 0 0.999
83 __NUM___centuri 15
✓
0.000398 0 0.0139
✗
0 0 0.986
84 subprim_mortgag 7
✓
0 0 0.00796
✗
0.000199 0 0.992
85 american_peopl 21
✓
0.0527 0 0.173
✗
0.000199 0 0.774
86 american_worker 15
✓
0.00299 0.00139 0.778
✗
0.00299 0 0.214
87 invis_hand 7
✓
0 0 0.043
✗
0 0 0.957
88 john_mccain 24
✓
0 0 0.0223
✗
0 0 0.978
89 financi_institut 7
✓
0 0 0.0207
✗
0 0 0.979
90 financi_sector 17
✓
0.00159 0 0.555
✗
0 0 0.444
91 phil_gramm 2
✓
0 0 0.329
✗
0 0 0.671
92 same_man 3
✓
0 0 0.0221
✗
0 0 0.978
93 john_mccain 4
✓
0 0 0.00358
✗
0 0 0.996
94 econom_plan 1
✓
0 0 0.00577
✗
0 0 0.994
95 same_man 3
✓
0 0 0.00199
✗
0 0 0.998
96 unit_state 19
✓
0.00438 0 0.0392
✗
0 0 0.956
97 senat_mccain 14
✓
0.000796 0.00179 0.0189
✗
0.000796 0 0.978
98 same_thing 13
✓
0.00677 0.000199 0.131
✗
0 0 0.862
99 wall_street 32
✓
0.00159 0 0.142
✗
0.000597 0 0.856
100 tax_cut 11
✓
0 0.000398 0.0663
✗
0 0 0.933
101 fiscal_respons 4
✓
0 0 0.0155
✗
0 0.000398 0.984
102 tax_cut 9
✓
0.000995 0.00358 0.653
✗
0 0 0.343
103 trillion_dollar 10
✓
0 0 0.32
✗
0 0 0.68
104 deficit_spend 7
✓
0.000199 0.000199 0.0312
✗
0 0 0.968
105 john_mccain 24
✓
0 0 0.076
✗
0 0 0.924
106 financi_market 10
✓
0.000398 0 0.0507
✗
0 0 0.949
107 special_interest 53
✓
0.0193 0 0.0589
✗
0.000199 0 0.922
108 white_hous 8
✓
0.00139 0 0.0141
✗
0.0165 0 0.968
109 consum_pai 13
✓
0.00179 0.000796 0.0227
✗
0.0123 0 0.962
110 american_peopl 27
✓
0.00517 0 0.0623
✗
0.00736 0 0.925
111 wall_street 16
✓
0.000398 0 0.0523
✗
0.000597 0 0.947
112 senat_mccain 12
✓
0.000995 0.00159 0.0756
✗
0.000199 0 0.922
113 john_mccain 52
✓
0.00577 0.000199 0.277
✗
0 0 0.717
114 american_peopl 9
✓
0.0107 0 0.073
✗
0.00299 0 0.913
115 histori_show 4
✓
0.00498 0.000995 0.0911
✗
0.00876 0 0.894
116 econom_crisi 14
✓
0.0257 0 0.412
✗
0.00597 0.000199 0.556
117 harri_truman 3
✓
0.0211 0.000398 0.0478
✗
0.0308 0.000199 0.9
118 bill_clinton 16
✓
0.000995 0 0.612
✗
0.000597 0 0.386
119 american_economi 25
✓
0.0131 0.00418 0.0999
✗
0.000597 0 0.882
120 american_peopl 6
✓
0.0782 0.000199 0.078
✗
0.0127 0.00119 0.83
121 middl_class 11
✓
0.134 0.225 0.415
✗
0.0716 0.00139 0.152
122 class_american 0
✓
0.00498 0.00915 0.00915
✗
0.204 0.226 0.547
123 creat_job 42
✓
0.00358 0.000199 0.891
✗
0.00338 0.00657 0.0949
124 hous_crisi 6
✓
0 0 0.0372
✗
0.000995 0.000398 0.961
125 __NUM___centuri 6
✓
0.000995 0 0.00975
✗
0.000796 0 0.988
126 american_economi 19
✓
0 0.00597 0.0159
✗
0.000199 0 0.978
127 job_creation 3
✓
0 0.00299 0.0153
✗
0 0.00597 0.976
128 __MONEY___billion 6
✓
0.00179 0.00119 0.101
✗
0 0.00537 0.89
129 econom_plan 2
✓
0 0 0.795
✗
0 0 0.205
130 __NUM___million_job 4
✓
0 0 0.0318
✗
0 0 0.968
131 budget_cut 19
✓
0.000199 0 0.0774
✗
0 0 0.922
132 hous_market 21
✓
0 0 0.0165
✗
0 0 0.983
133 fanni_mae 22
✓
0 0 0.0171
✗
0 0 0.983
134 freddi_mac 2
✓
0 0 0.000796
✗
0 0 0.999
135 peopl_bui 13
✓
0.0356 0.000597 0.0115
✗
0 0 0.952
136 mortgag_market 59
✓
0.0199 0.00776 0.082
✗
0.00915 0.000597 0.881
137 fulli_understand 19
✓
0.00836 0.000796 0.0285
✗
0.0195 0.00517 0.938
138 incom_famili 18
✓
0.00219 0.000199 0.0289
✗
0.0211 0.000796 0.947
139 tax_credit 14
✓
0.000995 0 0.0185
✗
0.0145 0 0.966
140 mortgag_interest 12
✓
0 0 0.0265
✗
0 0 0.974
141 interest_rate 0
✓
0.0111 0 0.000995
✗
0 0 0.988
142 __NUM___million 2
✓
0.0308 0.00239 0.904
✗
0.00975 0 0.0533
143 middl_class 9
✓
0 0 0.105
✗
0.000796 0.000199 0.894
144 class_famili 0
✓
0 0 0.00577
✗
0 0 0.994
145 senat_mccain 2
✓
0 0 0.0145
✗
0 0 0.985
146 bankruptci_law 6
✓
0 0 0.0191
✗
0 0 0.981
147 bankruptci_judg 24
✓
0 0 0.0179
✗
0 0 0.982
148 senat_mccain 61
✓
0.000398 0.00119 0.0577
✗
0 0 0.941
149 work_peopl 28
✓
0.00159 0 0.0384
✗
0 0 0.96
150 financi_market 14
✓
0 0 0.0165
✗
0 0 0.983
151 hous_market 6
✓
0 0 0.00438
✗
0 0 0.996
152 capit_market 27
✓
0 0 0.0245
✗
0 0 0.976
153 public_trust 5
✓
0 0 0.00279
✗
0 0 0.997
154 core_principl 22
✓
0.000398 0 0.0189
✗
0 0 0.981
155 financi_institut 14
✓
0 0 0.0123
✗
0 0 0.988
156 govern_oversight 13
✓
0 0 0.0109
✗
0 0 0.989
157 feder_reserv 5
✓
0 0 0.00438
✗
0 0 0.996
158 insur_polici 14
✓
0 0 0.0139
✗
0 0 0.986
159 american_taxpay 4
✓
0 0 0.00398
✗
0 0 0.996
160 financi_institut 11
✓
0 0 0.00896
✗
0 0 0.991
161 capit_requir 25
✓
0 0 0.0179
✗
0 0 0.982
162 financi_instrument 5
✓
0 0 0.00398
✗
0 0 0.996
163 rate_agenc 28
✓
0 0 0.0219
✗
0 0 0.978
164 full_disclosur 20
✓
0 0.000199 0.0183
✗
0 0 0.981
165 financi_institut 2
✓
0 0 0.00259
✗
0 0 0.997
166 same_problem 18
✓
0 0 0.0145
✗
0 0 0.985
167 financi_institut 4
✓
0 0 0.00577
✗
0 0 0.994
168 regulatori_agenc 19
✓
0.000199 0 0.0159
✗
0 0 0.984
169 commerci_bank 63
✓
0 0 0.0553
✗
0 0 0.945
170 subprim_mortgag 9
✓
0 0 0.00597
✗
0 0 0.994
171 mortgag_broker 6
✓
0 0 0.00418
✗
0 0 0.996
172 financi_system 17
✓
0 0 0.0157
✗
0 0 0.984
173 american_peopl 7
✓
0.00279 0 0.00697
✗
0 0 0.99
174 great_financi 53
✓
0.00975 0.00398 0.0569
✗
0.000995 0 0.928
175 system_risk 55
✓
0 0 0.0611
✗
0.000199 0 0.939
176 financi_system 3
✓
0 0 0.00318
✗
0 0 0.997
177 financi_market 36
✓
0.000199 0 0.0281
✗
0 0 0.972
178 __NUM___centuri 55
✓
0.00239 0 0.0484
✗
0.000199 0 0.949
179 financi_institut 13
✓
0 0 0.0153
✗
0 0 0.985
180 high_level 45
✓
0.00219 0.000597 0.0905
✗
0 0 0.907
181 american_peopl 13
✓
0.0235 0 0.281
✗
0.000796 0 0.695
182 special_interest 19
✓
0.0179 0 0.333
✗
0.00915 0 0.64
183 john_mccain 17
✓
0 0.000199 0.238
✗
0 0 0.762
184 mccain_campaign 0
✓
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✗
0 0 0.998
185 special_favor 19
✓
0.00338 0.0137 0.0213
✗
0 0 0.962
186 campaign_cash 13
✓
0.00557 0.00219 0.041
✗
0.00239 0.0117 0.937
187 rais_monei 96
✓
0.0595 0.000398 0.136
✗
0.00358 0.000199 0.8
188 free_ride 40
✓
0.0235 0.000796 0.0442
✗
0.0567 0.000199 0.875
189 washington_lobbyist 15
✓
0.00935 0 0.0203
✗
0.0756 0 0.895
190 white_hous 12
✓
0.0255 0 0.0115
✗
0.0832 0 0.88
191 american_peopl 12
✓
0.195 0 0.0115
✗
0.0862 0 0.707
192 unit_state 7
✓
0.173 0 0.0107
✗
0.255 0 0.561
193 special_interest 10
✓
0.0917 0 0.00856
✗
0.4 0 0.5
194 import_thing 6
✓
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✗
0.363 0 0.0368
195 economi_grow 13
✓
0.0657 0 0.0734
✗
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196 work_hard 13
✓
0.0456 0 0.0537
✗
0.39 0 0.51
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✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
0.0997 0 0.848
199 senat_mccain 3
✓
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✗
0.0778 0 0.895
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✓
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✗
0.0557 0 0.834
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✓
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✗
0.00458 0 0.484
202 american_worker 12
✓
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✗
0 0.00915 0.761
203 small_busi 2
✓
0.000199 0.000995 0.0529
✗
0 0.0167 0.929
204 tax_break 8
✓
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✗
0 0.000398 0.949
205 job_oversea 5
✓
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✗
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✓
0.0553 0.182 0.0257
✗
0.000398 0.000796 0.736
207 capit_gain 8
✓
0 0.817 0
✗
0 0.183 0
208 gain_tax 0
✓
0 0.000199 0
✗
0 1 0
209 small_busi 2
✓
0 0.00119 0
✗
0 0.999 0
210 cut_tax 27
✓
0 0.0171 0.000796
✗
0 0.982 0
211 work_famili 10
✓
0.000398 0.00557 0
✗
0 0.994 0.000199
212 tax_rate 15
✓
0 0.0123 0
✗
0 0.988 0
213 ronald_reagan 9
✓
0 0.00438 0
✗
0 0.996 0
214 tax_increas 15
✓
0 0.00697 0.000199
✗
0 0.993 0
215 tax_relief 12
✓
0 0.00517 0.000199
✗
0 0.995 0
216 class_famili 4
✓
0 0.00239 0.00299
✗
0 0.994 0.000398
217 senat_mccain 2
✓
0 0.00139 0.000199
✗
0 0.995 0.00338
218 rais_tax 17
✓
0.000796 0.0147 0.0414
✗
0 0.942 0.000597
219 health_care 16
✓
0.637 0.00179 0.11
✗
0.00279 0.22 0.0293
220 same_kind 27
✓
0.12 0 0.17
✗
0.599 0.00119 0.11
221 insur_compani 13
✓
0.00279 0 0.0734
✗
0.66 0 0.264
222 energi_economi 23
✓
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✗
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✓
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✗
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