State of the People

datascience@berkeley looked at each president’s first State of the Union address — from Woodrow Wilson to Donald J. Trump — to find out how often they mentioned these words.

Donald J. Trump

Party: Republican
Year: 2018
Total Word Count: 5,799

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
39
0.6380410416
My
14
0.2414209346
Our
104
1.793412657
Us
18
0.3103983445
We
137
2.241765822
You
53
0.8277289188
Together
13
0.2241765822

Barack Obama

Party: Democrat
Year: 2010
Total Word Count: 7,304

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
105
1.437568456
My
10
0.1369112815
Our
121
1.656626506
Us
19
0.2601314348
We
169
2.313800657
You
25
0.3422782037
Together
5
0.06845564074

George W. Bush

Party: Republican
Year: 2002
Total Word Count: 3,878

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
34
0.8767405879
My
13
0.3352243424
Our
79
2.037132543
Us
6
0.1547189273
We
85
2.19185147
You
12
0.3094378546
Together
5
0.1289324394

Bill Clinton

Party: Democrat
Year: 1994
Total Word Count: 7,432

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
90
1.210979548
My
14
0.1883745963
Our
115
1.547362756
Us
28
0.3767491927
We
168
2.260495156
You
68
0.9149623251
Together
8
0.1076426265

George Bush Sr.

Party: Republican
Year: 1990
Total Word Count: 3,777

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
45
1.191421763
My
5
0.1323801959
Our
80
2.118083135
Us
19
0.5030447445
We
64
1.694466508
You
19
0.5030447445
Together
3
0.07942811755

Ronald Reagan

Party: Republican
Year: 1982
Total Word Count: 5,154

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
37
0.7178890182
My
5
0.09701202949
Our
74
1.435778036
Us
14
0.2716336826
We
110
2.134264649
You
14
0.2716336826
Together
15
0.2910360885

James Carter, Jr.

Party: Democrat
Year: 1978
Total Word Count: 4,580

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
50
1.091703057
My
4
0.08733624454
Our
91
1.986899563
Us
18
0.3930131004
We
124
2.707423581
You
13
0.2838427948
Together
11
0.2401746725

Gerald Ford

Party: Republican
Year: 1975
Total Word Count: 4,126

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
64
1.551139118
My
7
0.169655841
Our
58
1.405719825
Us
10
0.2423654872
We
60
1.454192923
You
8
0.1938923897
Together
1
0.02423654872

Richard Nixon

Party: Republican
Year: 1970
Total Word Count: 4,457

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
43
0.964774512
My
6
0.1346196993
Our
77
1.727619475
Us
16
0.3589858649
We
94
2.109041956
You
4
0.08974646623
Together
2
0.04487323312

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party: Democrat
Year: 1964
Total Word Count: 3,168

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
16
0.5050505051
My
5
0.1578282828
Our
71
2.241161616
Us
5
0.1578282828
We
73
2.304292929
You
6
0.1893939394
Together
1
0.03156565657

John F. Kennedy

Party: Democrat
Year: 1961
Total Word Count: 5,274

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
39
0.739476678
My
10
0.1896094046
Our
126
2.389078498
Us
15
0.2844141069
We
60
1.137656428
You
2
0.03792188093
Together
1
0.01896094046

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party: Republican
Year: 1953
Total Word Count: 6,973

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
38
0.5449591281
My
4
0.05736411874
Our
122
1.749605622
Us
11
0.1577513265
We
64
0.9178258999
You
6
0.08604617812
Together
3
0.04302308906

Harry S. Truman

Party: Democrat
Year: 1946
Total Word Count: 27,465

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
124
0.4514837065
My
13
0.04733296923
Our
90
0.327689787
Us
31
0.1128709266
We
216
0.7864554888
You
1
0.003640997633
Together
7
0.02548698343

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party: Democrat
Year: 1934
Total Word Count: 2,230

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
24
1.076233184
My
4
0.1793721973
Our
23
1.031390135
Us
1
0.04484304933
We
34
1.524663677
You
12
0.5381165919
Together
1
0.04484304933

Herbert Hoover

Party: Republican
Year: 1929
Total Word Count: 10,994

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
57
0.5184646171
My
4
0.0363834819
Our
81
0.7367655085
Us
5
0.04547935237
We
59
0.536656358
Together
3
0.02728761142

Calvin Coolidge

Party: Republican
Year: 1923
Total Word Count: 6,706

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
31
0.4622725917
My
3
0.04473605726
Our
73
1.088577393
Us
2
0.02982403817
We
49
0.7306889353
You
1
0.01491201909
Together
1
0.01491201909

Warren Harding

Party: Republican
Year: 1921
Total Word Count: 5,606

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
34
0.6064930432
My
3
0.05351409204
Our
71
1.266500178
Us
7
0.1248662148
We
71
1.266500178
You
13
0.2318943989
Together
1
0.01783803068

Woodrow Wilson

Party: Democrat
Year: 1913
Total Word Count: 3,553

WordFrequencyPercentage of Speech
I
39
1.097663946
My
7
0.1970166057
Our
42
1.182099634
Us
7
0.1970166057
We
41
1.153954405
You
10
0.2814522938
Together
1
0.02814522938

Frequency adjusted for speech length.
Similar variations of words were combined. For example: our, ours, and ourselves are all categorized under “our.”

Source: The American Presidency Project — http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php