The US presidential race has seen Donald Trump and Kamala Harris appeal to Americans' concerns — and bash each other — in the hopes of securing the vote. But, swaying voters isn't just about what you say, it's how you say it.
Wordtips used AI to analyze the dialogue of the country's most prominent politicians, and ranked them according to the vocabulary, signs of stress and sentiment identified in their language. The analysis was completed in October 2024, and the team focused on dialogue that was least likely to have been pre-written.
Republican senator for Texas Ted Cruz ranks highest for vocabulary size, using an average of 484.9 unique words for every 1,000 spoken, followed by California governor Gavin Newsom (470.4).
Donald Trump and JD Vance are among the politicians with the smallest vocabularies; both use only around 400 unique words per 1,000.
Democrats tend to be slightly more stressed than Republicans — but according to the study, Republican Mitt Romney is the most stressed of any prominent US politician, with almost 31 percent of his statements and responses showing signs of stress.
Elizabeth Warren (28.71 percent) and Bernie Sanders (27.59 percent) are the third- and fourth-most stressed politicians, respectively.
Tim Walz's language suggests the lowest stress levels overall, at just 5.45 percent.
When it comes to emotional range, Mike Pence and Ted Cruz use the highest percentage of negative language in their speech, while the most positive politicians are Dean Phillips and Nancy Pelosi.
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Via Wordtips.
