Measuring the governor’s words
Drag the slider below to see the most common words in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s five State of the State speeches.
2004 State of the State
ballot bankruptcy bases believe better billion bipartisan bond budget build businesses cards college community comp costs create credit crisis cuts days destroy dollars dream economic education empire energy environment fees fight financial fund future good government governor great help history important increase jobs loans measures money nation never people power proposals provide recovery reform repeal requires responsive revenue right sacramento schools sell serve services spending system tax time work world
2005 State of the State
accountable affordable believe billion budget build businesses change children conservation creating days deficit disaster dollars dream education election encouraging energy families fight financial fix future good government governor health help highway home improve increases innovation interests jobs leader legislation lives million months national number past people performance political power problem propose reform reorganize responsibility revenues reward roads sacramento sacrifices schools session society special spending system teachers time trust try work
2006 State of the State
additional air believe better billion budget build capacity care challenges changes children debt delay dollars dream economy education expand families fiscal food free funding future generation global governor growth health help highways home hospitals ideas increase infrastructure innovation invest issues jam jobs leader legislators legislature meet million people plan ports prepare prisons programs propose reduce reform revenues roads schools serve spending strategic taxes time traffic universities water work world years
2007 State of the State
action ambitious benefit big billion budget build care change choices classrooms climb costs danger deficit dollars economic education emergency federal force fuels funds future global government health historic hospital ideas information infrastructure insurance invest job lead leader legislative legislature love market medical money nation parents people perata politics priority prisons privilege proposals reform release republican responsibility right school senator system talk technology three transportation universities waiting warming water work world
2008 State of the State
action amendment bridges budget built businesses care change children cuts daring days deficit districts economy education everyone federal fix funding good government governor happy health help homes increase infrastructure insurance job leader left local million money months nation night number nursing opened partnerships paul people president problem proposing proposition public reason reform responsibility revenues russo schools senate situation spending submit system taking talked taxes time todd tried volunteers water working
What's this?
It's called a tag cloud, and its purpose is to show the most commonly used words in State of the State addresses delivered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
You can scroll through tag clouds of each of the governor's annual speeches using the slider tool. The relative sizes of the words correspond to the frequency with which they appear in each speech.Some commonly used words like "the," "our" and "California" have been omitted.
Source: Office of the GovernorCredits: Ben Welsh, Chirag Mehta's Tagline Generator
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