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Visualization of Ravenstahl and DeSantis debate

Using Viegas's and Wattenberg's ManyEyes application, I created tag clouds of bigrams (pairs of words) used by mayoral candidates Luke Ravenstahl and Mark DeSantis in a debate last month. Click either image to explore further.

Desantis:


Ravenstahl:





Like any visualization, it's only as good as the data, and this data is bland politicospeak. The questions in the debate centered on city/county consolidation, keeping young professionals in town, and mayoral qualities. Neither candidate was very specific or surprising.