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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/17/word-clouds-from-the-2nd-presidential-debate.htmlWord Clouds From the 2nd Presidential Debate
Oct 17, 2012 2:06 PM EDT
Shortly after Obama and Romney left the stage of Tuesday nights contest, we gave our readers a chance to give their one-word reactions. Here are the results, in word cloud form.
After an exciting debate Tuesday night, our readers shared their thoughts. As with the past two debates the first presidential and the vice presidential battles we asked our readers on Facebook to give their one-word takes on the performances of the two candidates.
We then compiled the one-word reactions into word clouds, in which words that were mentioned more often appear larger. The result offers a quick look at what our audience thought of Romneys and Obamas efforts.
Some 1,632 of you gave your opinion on Romney. Of the biggest six words only one was positive: presidential. The other five, liar, bully, desperate, arrogant, and rude, show that our readers saw Romney as pushy, perhaps due to the perception that he interrupted the moderator more often than President Obama.
Barack Obamas word cloud was compiled from 1,941 responses. While the word liar certainly makes an appearance here, most of the big words are positive. Presidential looms large, with words like awesome, commanding, and strong coming in big numbers.
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Word Clouds From the 2nd Presidential Debate (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2012
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)1. There you have it
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. Mitt, lying bully. n/t
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)3. Even though I agree with this perspective ...
... this says more about their readers than it does about the candidates.
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)5. indeed... n/t
babylonsister
(171,074 posts)6. And the fact that the readers have this perspective is a good thing.
They're not hiding their heads in the sand, and are supposedly not big on faux-watching.
BumRushDaShow
(129,129 posts)4. LOL @ "Binders" and "Malarkey" in Rmoney's word cloud
Blanks
(4,835 posts)7. Ninja.
Between lies and liar (on Obama).
Viking12
(6,012 posts)8. LOL! loser > douche > intelligent