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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by gertef on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @04:40PM (#11441907)
Trump does not limit himself to anything like the most common 1000 worrds
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by phaedryx on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:22PM (#11442231)
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/20/donald-t...

He does use very simple words.

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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by Munksgaard on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:47PM (#11442417)
He has the best words!
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by frandroid on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:11PM (#11442585)
If elected, we'll get so many great words, we'll get bored of words!
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by lubos on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:07PM (#11443068)
Not just great words... terrific words.
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by Filligree on Thursday April 07, 2016 @07:52AM (#11446490)
Terrifying words.
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by j_koreth on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:52PM (#11442943)
This also ignores also that most Democratic presidents spoke on the same level
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by m741 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @08:18PM (#11443551)
The article literally has a chart showing that the current candidates are all speaking at a higher level, and that the remaining candidates, Democrat and Republican, are speaking at 8th 9th, and 10th grade levels. Of the current cohort of candidates only Kasich is near Trump.

If you're talking about presidents (which is unfair, the type of speech you give as president vs candidate, and debates are different), it's clear that although the trend was downward, for the past few presidents the average level was about 8th grade:

http://www.vocativ.com/interactive/usa/us-politics/president...

Trump speaks at a 4th grade level. Probably intentionally.

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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by eru on Friday April 08, 2016 @07:21AM (#11453867)
Has anyone ever calibrated these levels with actual n-th graders?
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by briandear on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:15PM (#11442603)
Probably just the top 25.
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