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Explore the collective sentiments toward U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, along with perceptions of the Democratic and Republican parties. This analysis presents a word cloud derived from public responses to Pew Research Center polls from 2012, revealing the single words that best describe these political figures and institutions. By examining how citizens feel about their candidates, parties, and Congress, we can better understand the current state of American democracy and the electoral process, as well as potential areas for reform.
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Fixing Democracy POLS 125: Political Parties & Elections
What ONE WORD best describes your impression of the presidential candidates? ?
Word Cloud constructed from the responses people gave to a Pew Research Center poll, January 2012: What ONE WORD best describes your impression of... Barack Obama
Word Cloud constructed from the responses people gave to a Pew Research Center poll, March 2012: What ONE WORD best describes your impression of... Mitt Romney
What ONE WORD best describes your impression of the Democratic and Republican parties? ?
Words that Democrats use to describe Republicans Words that Democrats use to describe Republicans Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, August 2012
Words that Republicans use to describe Democrats Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, August 2012
Word Cloud constructed from the responses people gave to a Pew Research Center poll in March 2010: “One word that best describes your impression of Congress"
So we don’t like POLITICAL CANDIDATES, or the PARTIES they represent, or the INSTITITUIONS they manage, How then do we feel about the democratic ELECTIONS that seek to change those things?
What one word describes your current state of mind? Throughout Election Day in 2008, NYTimes.com readers submitted the words that best described their moods.
What’s Wrong with U.S. Elections? • Candidates • Parties • Institutions • Process Can we take these words and combine them into sentences that identify the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. electoral system?