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In our most recent poll, Republican respondents seemed to reflect a more *unified narrative* of the impeachment process than Democratic respondents. 23% of Republicans -- and only 10% of Democrats -- used more than one of the 10 most common words used by their party: 1/5pic.twitter.com/Y6UyMTkEDi
These are the 10 most common words by party -- the most common Republican word is used more than twice as frequently as the most common Democratic one. 2/5pic.twitter.com/lcsLtQe8Im
Comparing the entropy of word distribution by party (i.e. how evenly distributed words used are -- 1 meaning that every word is equally likely to be used, 0 meaning that only one word is used by all partisans) also shows that Republicans words are more concentrated: 3/5pic.twitter.com/oGat5unYRu
During the impeachment hearings, the media commentary mostly seemed to think that the Democratic narrative (focusing on the quid pro quo and Ukraine) was clearer than the Republican defense, which tried multiple different arguments... 4/5
...but so far, it seems that Republican talking points have been more likely to stick with their voters than Democratic ones have been with theirs. (Only 2% of Democrats mentioned Ukraine!) 5/5
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