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Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches

Presidential nomination acceptance speeches

Originator: The American Presidency Project

Complete text of presidential nomination acceptance speeches 1880-2012

(8 columns, 51 rows)

Examples

Basic Examples

Retrieve the ResourceObject:

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ResourceObject["Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches"]
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View the data:

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ResourceData["Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches"]
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Visualization

Calculate the nomination speeches with the most words:

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TakeLargestBy[ ResourceData["Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches"][ All, {"Party", "Date", "Words", "Person"}], #Words &, 5]
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Plot the length of nomination speeches by year:

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DateListPlot[ ResourceData["Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches"][ All, {"Date", "Words"}], PlotRange -> All]
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Create a WordCloud for John F. Kennedy’s presidential nomination acceptance speech:

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WordCloud@ ResourceData["Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches"][ Select[#Person == Entity["Person", "JohnFKennedy::h2355"] &]][1, "Text"]
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Wolfram Research, "Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2016)   https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.95924.data

Data Resource History

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Source Metadata

  • Title: The American Presidency Project at University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Creator: The American Presidency Project
  • Publisher: University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Date: 2016
  • Coverage: United States 1880-2012
  • Language: English
  • Source: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/nomination.php

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Publisher Information

  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research