Who said what at the conventions

Roles involved: data, design and web implementation

Project link: https://interactives.ap.org/2016/convention-comparison/

July 2016

The conventions in July were great 4-day PR shows for the Republican and the Democratic parties. Who were the spokespersons on stage? What were they talking about? The interactive is an analysis and visualization of the words and phrases used by all the prime time speakers at both conventions.

The same visual layout is also used to show the similarities and differences in the types of speakers at the conventions: