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Trump does not limit himself to anything like the most common 1000 worrds

• briandear 11y ago
  Probably just the top 25.
• phaedryx 11y ago
  http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/20/donald-trump-and-ben-carson-speak-grade-school-level-that-today-voters-can-quickly-grasp/LUCBY6uwQAxiLvvXbVTSUN/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/20/donald-t... He does use very simple words.
  • Munksgaard 11y ago
    He has the best words!
    • frandroid 11y ago
      If elected, we'll get so many great words, we'll get bored of words!
      • lubos 11y ago
        Not just great words... terrific words.
        • Filligree 11y ago
          Terrifying words.
  • j_koreth 11y ago
    This also ignores also that most Democratic presidents spoke on the same level
    • m741 11y ago
      The article literally has a chart showing that the current candidates are all speaking at a higher level, and that the remaining candidates, Democrat and Republican, are speaking at 8th 9th, and 10th grade levels. Of the current cohort of candidates only Kasich is near Trump. If you're talking about presidents (which is unfair, the type of speech you give as president vs candidate, and debates are different), it's clear that although the trend was downward, for the past few presidents the average level was about 8th grade: http://www.vocativ.com/interactive/usa/us-politics/presidential-readability/ http://www.vocativ.com/interactive/usa/us-politics/president... Trump speaks at a 4th grade level. Probably intentionally.
      • eru 11y ago
        Has anyone ever calibrated these levels with actual n-th graders?