Stig Östlund

onsdag, januari 26, 2011

Patterns of Speech: 75 Years of the State of the Union Addresses

In 2010, President Obama was the first modern president to use the words “bubble,” “supermajority” and “obesity” in a State of the Union speech. But other words have a longer history. Below, a historical look at the number of times presidents have used selected words in their State of the Union addresses (or analogous speeches) from 1934 to 2011. 

'Jobs'
With unemployment above 9 percent, jobs were a focus of President Obama's speech. Historically, jobs get mentioned in the speech in rough correlation to the economic cycle, with spikes around 1975, 1981, 1991 and 2002.
Words included: job, jobs



Roosevelt, Truma, Eisnehover,J.F.K., L.B.J., Nixon, F.R.D., CAR, Reagen, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
 
Other words: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/25/us/politics/state-of-the-union-words-used.html?nl=us&emc=politicsemailemb4

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