Simplification of candidate speech is a known phenomenon: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/march/speechifying.html https://www.cmu.edu/news/storie

Simplification of candidate speech is a known phenomenon: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/march/speechifying.html https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/march/speechi... Just as Kennedy-Nixon made makeup for televised debates mandatory, dumbed-down word choice has become necessary to rate more highly.