Cognitive analysis of the third presidential debate speech transcript.

1. Cognitive Politics
US ELECTIONS 2016
Uncovering the Third Presidential Debate
Sankar Nagarajan, TEXTIENT Analytics

2. Third Presidential debate
Debate data ?
• Public Transcript (text)
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3. Debate Transcript - Sentiment & Emotions
Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Higher

4. Cognitive Indicators
Description Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Thriving / Flourishing
prospects
Moderately Lower than Trump Moderately Higher than
Hillary
Success Likelihood Slightly lower than Trump Slightly higher than Hillary
Risk of failure Insignificant difference, But
higher than trump
Insignificant difference, But
lower than Hillary
Subjective predictive indicator based on psychological orientations

5. My Views
The competition is neck to neck. Donald Trump’s position looks
interesting!
Caution: The above view is not deterministic. Anything could
change from my time of analysis till the election day as there
are a number of people and external variables in play as the
pace gathers momentum.

6. Donald Trump
Themes from Trump’s speech
Unique and Important aspects Top 25 influencing aspects

7. Hillary Clinton
Themes from Hillary’s speech
Unique and Important aspects Top 25 influencing aspects

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