Which Issue Each Party Debates, Or Ignores
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Source: NYTimes (may require subscription)
Democrats and Republicans sometimes seem to be living in two different Americas. We analyzed the past seven debates on each side to show which topics are most discussed within each party.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/11/us/elections/what-parties-debate-or-ignore.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Hope you can see this, because the topic selection by the two parties is truly stunning (keeping in mind, of course, that the various debate moderators have also had a hand in setting debate topics)
florida08
(4,106 posts)the color circles indicate over the words?
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)Size appears to be some measure of quantity -- of comments, I imagine.
Which matters, too, when you consider those issues that the Parties share discussion of. I was really taken by what was not discussed on the Republican side, like the entire notion of governance.