United States Parties Throughout Time

Below this point are the scattertext diagrams created from every presidential speech in US history. They have been broken up according to the time period each speech occured during. As you descend, they will get more recent. The goal of this project was to allow people to be able to explore partisanship throughout time in the United States. Comparing different political parties and their usage of language has shown a real difference in the levels of partisanship and types of partisan issues we face. Many differences between these groups of people become apparent when looking at the charts covering the breakdown of word frequencies of presidential speeches across different eras of our politics.

How to read a Scattertext Chart

Once you have selected the scattertext model you would like to view, click on it. From there it will open in a new webpage. Please have a little patience in waiting for the model to load, and enjoy!

Once you click on or search for a term, you will see the breakdown of the usage of that term in each speech at the bottom of the screen.

First Party System: 1792-1824

First Party System: Independant

First Party System: Democratic-Republicans

First Party System: Democratic-Republican/National Republians

First Party System: Federalists

Second Party System: 1828-1854

Second Party System: Whigs

Second Party System: Republican/National-Union

Second Party System: Democratic-Jacksonian

Second Party System: Democratic

Second Party System: Republican

Third Party System: 1854-1890

Third Party System: Democratic/National-Union

Third Party System: Republican/National-Union

Third Party System: Republican

Third Party System: Democratic

Fourth Party System: 1896-1932

Fourth Party System: Republican

Fourth Party System: Democratic

Fifth Party System: 1932-1976

Fifth Party System: Republican

Fifth Party System: Democratic

Sixth Party System: 1976-2016

Sixth Party System: Republican

Sixth Party System: Democratic

Seventh Party System: 2016-2022

Seventh Party System: Republican

Seventh Party System: Democratic