Text and Data
Announcement speech corpus
Description: Contains announcement speeches for all presidential primary candidates from 1984-2016 in .txt file format. Several candidates did not give traditional announcement speeches. These include Hillary Clinton-2016 (announced via a short video), Carly Fiorina-2016 (announced via a short video), Hillary Clinton-2008 (announced via a short video), Al Sharpton-2004 (no announcement event), and Orrin Hatch-2000 (announced via a press release). Additionally, no announcement speech for Elizabeth Dole-2000 could be retrieved although media records indicate she did give an announcement speech. For these candidates a secondary speech is included but researchers should be aware that they may not be comparable to the other texts.
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Replication Data and Scripts for “Rise of the Democrat Party”
Description: Data used for analysis in the article “Rise of the Democrat Party” (PRQ).
Republican Party Platform Data
Contemporary ‘Democrat Party’ Time Series Data
Replication Script
Replication Data and Scripts for “Inviting Populists to the Party”
Description: Data used for analysis in the article “Inviting Populists to the Party” (PRQ).
PPCC Populism Rhetoric and Style Data
Nominee - Rival Agenda Assimilation Data
Candidate Speech - Party Platform Detection Data
John Kerry Topic Trend Data
Replication Script
Experimental Materials
Description: Experimental stimuli used in laboratory experiment in November, 2020. Details pending completion of experiment
Dem. Senator Alex Simmons full campaign profile
GOP Senator Alex Simmons full campaign profile