Comments on: What are they saying in Congress? http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/25/what-are-they-saying-in-congress/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex Marshall http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/25/what-are-they-saying-in-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262387 Alex Marshall Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:12:54 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2948#comment-262387 Jon, in response to your first point, I'm guessing that the answer stems from the fact that Congress is predominantly Democrats right now. Kyle, to answer your question, check out the compare feature: http://www.capitolwords.org/compare - this might be what you're looking for. Jon, in response to your first point, I’m guessing that the answer stems from the fact that Congress is predominantly Democrats right now.

Kyle, to answer your question, check out the compare feature:
http://www.capitolwords.org/compare – this might be what you’re looking for.

]]> By: Jon http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/25/what-are-they-saying-in-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262344 Jon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:35:16 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2948#comment-262344 The McCain one threw me because none of the word clouds had "my friends" in it. "tibet" was the dead giveaway for Pelosi though. The McCain one threw me because none of the word clouds had “my friends” in it.

“tibet” was the dead giveaway for Pelosi though.

]]> By: Kyle Maxwell http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/25/what-are-they-saying-in-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-261700 Kyle Maxwell Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:32:18 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2948#comment-261700 Had to go look up the first three. I got McCain right (the left graphic), but turns out that Pelosi is the right graphic, not the center one as I'd guessed. I'd be interested in seeing some sort of metric for overlap or deviation -- how similar are their word frequencies? Any correlations (e.g. region rather than party)? Had to go look up the first three. I got McCain right (the left graphic), but turns out that Pelosi is the right graphic, not the center one as I’d guessed.

I’d be interested in seeing some sort of metric for overlap or deviation — how similar are their word frequencies? Any correlations (e.g. region rather than party)?

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