--- title: CNBC Republican Debate: Chart Compares Democrats Words description: Republicans say 'Washington,' Democrats say 'Wall Street.' canonical: https://time.com/4092475/republican-debate-words-democrats/ author: Chris Wilson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-29T13:01:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:11:18.464Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Words Republicans Use More Than Democrats in Debates og:description: Republicans say "Washington," Democrats say "Wall Street." og:url: https://time.com/4092475/republican-debate-words-democrats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Words Republicans Use More Than Democrats in Debates twitter:description: Republicans say "Washington," Democrats say "Wall Street." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Words Republicans Use More Than Democrats in Debates  by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Oct 29, 2015 1:01 PM UTC  by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Oct 29, 2015 1:01 PM UTC Few things illustrate the differences between Republican and Democratic visions for America than the things that their presidential hopefuls talk about at debate. The above chart takes the two most recent debates–the Oct. 28 Republican debate and the Oct. 19 Democratic debate–and looks at which party’s candidates mentioned 10 key policy terms more often. To be sure, the questions moderators ask also help determine the words the candidates will use. Although many candidates are adept at turning away from a question to speak about what they’d like to discuss most. Words in the chart above are only counted once per response, so a candidate who says “Washington” three times in one dissertation–which happens!–contributes only one point to the party’s score. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4092475/republican-debate-words-democrats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4092475/republican-debate-words-democrats/"},"headline":"The Words Republicans Use More Than Democrats in Debates","datePublished":"2015-10-29T13:01:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:11:18.464Z","description":"Republicans say 'Washington,' Democrats say 'Wall Street.'","url":"https://time.com/4092475/republican-debate-words-democrats/","keywords":["Republican debate","Democratic debate"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4092475/republican-debate-words-democrats/","name":"The Words Republicans Use More Than Democrats in Debates"}}]}] ```