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Below is the word that most identifies each candidate’s entire discourse over the course of the night, using established methods for determining which words are most meaningful among a sea of platitudes.</p> <div id="debate_analysis_GOP_Sept16" class="time-interactive"><img src="http://time-static-shared.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/interactives/debate_analysis_GOP_Sept16/screenshot.png" class="screenshot" style="width:100%;"></div><script defer type="text/javascript" src="http://time-static-shared.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/interactives/debate_analysis_GOP_Sept16/script-min.js"></script> <p>Methodology</p> <p>To gather a baseline of language that Republican candidates favor, TIME looked at the frequency of each word in last night鈥檚 debate, the previous 2015 debate, and 11 debates from the 2012 presidential cycle. Then we looked at each candidate鈥檚 responses from Thursday鈥檚 debate and identified words that he used much more frequently than other GOP candidates past and present. A small amount of editorial discretion was used to pick the word that best captured a candidate鈥檚 performance using this sort of analysis.</p> <p><em>All photographs from Associated Press.</em></p> </article> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="blog-footer"> </footer> <script>var s_account = "timecom";</script> <script src="https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/1016/21600/2d/img.timeinc.net/tii/omniture/h/config/time_s_code_multivideo.js"></script> <script> s_time.pageName = 'time|post|time labs|The Republican Debate in 11 Words'; s_time.channel = 'time'; s_time.prop5 = ''; //primary tag s_time.prop7 = 'post'; //content type s_time.prop8 = '2112'; //content ID s_time.prop14 = 'https://labs.time.com/2015/09/17/republican-debate-words/'; //friendly URL s_time.prop16 = 'time labs'; //site channel s_time.prop17 = 'https://labs.time.com/2015/09/17/republican-debate-words/'; //url s_time.prop26 = '2015-09-17'; //date s_time.prop30 = 'The Republican Debate in 11 Words'; //friendly page name s_time.prop31 = 'not-logged-in'; //login state s_time.prop64 = 'v2'; //site theme /************* DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE ! **************/ var s_code=s_time.t();if(s_code){document.write(s_code); } </script> <script type='text/javascript'> /* Chartbeat tag */ var _sf_async_config = _sf_async_config || {}; /** CONFIGURATION START **/ _sf_async_config.uid = 3088; _sf_async_config.domain = 'time.com'; _sf_async_config.useCanonical = true; _sf_async_config.sections = 'Time Labs'; _sf_async_config.authors = 'Time.com Interactive Team'; /** CONFIGURATION END **/ (function() { function loadChartbeat() { window._sf_endpt = (new Date()).getTime(); var e = document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript'); e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('src', '//static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js'); document.body.appendChild(e); } var oldonload = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); }; })(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://labs.time.com/_static/??-eJyNjsEKwjAQRH/IdK1QiwfxW9J2WxOTbNzdWPx7c7AgguBtmHkzDKzZjJQUk0IOZXFJYHb6cJOYmdisxFNmFAF/L8jP5h02Xnbw0dUrRhRQFzHYodICA5GKss1/sJv+RrdL1VpsCPWAGYsoRRNcuv3068wlntv+cNx3bdef/AstmFay" ></script><script defer src='https://stats.wp.com/e-202508.js' id='jetpack-stats-js'></script> <script id='jetpack-stats-js-after'> _stq = window._stq || []; _stq.push([ "view", {v:'ext',blog:'165734043',post:'2112',tz:'0',srv:'labs.time.com',hp:'vip',j:'1:12.8.2'} ]); _stq.push([ "clickTrackerInit", "165734043", "2112" ]); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery('').fitVids({ customSelector: ""}); }); </script> </body> </html>