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The First Democratic Debate: Candidates' Most Relevant Words

Wed Oct 14 00:51:56 EDT 2015
For the Democratic presidential debate of Oct. 14, 2015, we surveyed the candidates’ vocabulary, determining their most relevant words according to an analysis of the debate transcript. For more, see: "What Were the 'Vocabulary Moments' of the First Democratic Debate?"
amok
And it's our job to rein in the excesses of capitalism so that it doesn't run amok and doesn't cause the kind of inequities we're seeing in our economic system. – Hillary Clinton
inequity
And it's our job to rein in the excesses of capitalism so that it doesn't run amok and doesn't cause the kind of inequities we're seeing in our economic system. – Hillary Clinton
quagmire
Well, let's understand that when we talk about Syria, you're talking about a quagmire in a quagmire. – Bernie Sanders
amnesia
And I know my Republican friends seem to have some amnesia on this issue, but ... the world's financial markets system was on the verge of collapse. – Bernie Sanders
denigrate
On this stage, you didn't hear anyone denigrate women, you didn't hear anyone make racist comments about new American immigrants, you didn't hear anyone speak ill of another American because of their religious belief. – Martin O'Malley
immigrant
On this stage, you didn't hear anyone denigrate women, you didn't hear anyone make racist comments about new American immigrants, you didn't hear anyone speak ill of another American because of their religious belief. – Martin O'Malley
inevitability
To me it is the inevitability of something like Benghazi occurring in the way that we intervened in Libya. – Jim Webb
clarification
And as a clarification, I have always supported affirmative action for African Americans. – Jim Webb
echelon
So let's go back to the tax code. And 0.6 percent of Americans are at the top echelon.. But they generate 30 percent of the revenue. And they're doing fine... So there's still a lot more money to be had from this top echelon. – Lincoln Chafee
paradigm
We've got to stop these wars. You have to have a new dynamic, a new paradigm. – Lincoln Chafee

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