Table 4. Twenty most differentiating word stems between Republicans and Democrats obtained with 50-smoothing and weighted word frequency method (hashtags excluded).
| Top GOP word | Count GOP | Count DEM | Top DEM word | Count GOP | Count DEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rino | 339 | 11 | kenya | 80 | 315 |
| bho | 272 | 14 | tweetdeck | 20 | 132 |
| lerner | 326 | 26 | delhi | 12 | 105 |
| clotur | 259 | 16 | cheney | 99 | 317 |
| lib | 708 | 116 | wat | 57 | 207 |
| reid | 720 | 126 | medit | 48 | 181 |
| phoni | 299 | 33 | smh | 224 | 591 |
| defund | 393 | 61 | favourit | 28 | 125 |
| carney | 230 | 23 | pbo | 13 | 91 |
| obamacar | 2089 | 509 | richi | 21 | 108 |
| loi | 238 | 27 | kenyan | 39 | 148 |
| border | 828 | 191 | arsenal | 53 | 178 |
| liber | 2266 | 586 | album | 330 | 778 |
| administr | 867 | 207 | biafra | 11 | 82 |
| pelosi | 274 | 42 | nene | 18 | 97 |
| impeach | 674 | 162 | realis | 14 | 87 |
| psalm | 349 | 69 | qampa | 18 | 94 |
| obama | 10891 | 3226 | strateg | 62 | 186 |
| amnesti | 296 | 57 | journey | 139 | 344 |
| illeg | 1253 | 369 | maya | 61 | 181 |