As the presidential field continues to narrow, and Super Tuesday could help limit the number of candidates even more, Dictionary.com has released a list of words that reflect what has truly been on thefront-runners’ minds during the debates. Dictionary.com used data from15 main presidential debates, which took place between Aug. 6, 2015 and Feb. 13, 2016, and analyzed the language used by each candidate to “identify the 20 words that were most statistically significant in each contender’s speech.” The results found thatthe most frequently used words from each candidate are: systemic (Hillary Clinton), utterly (Ted Cruz), blue-collar (John Kasich), apocalyptic (Marco Rubio), handful (Bernie Sanders), and eminent (Donald Trump). RELATED:Bookies improve odds on Trump taking nomination after Nevada win “Every idea and belief, down to the level of the individual words chosen, counts when it comes to candidates speaking to Americans on their plans for the country if they were to be elected,” said Liz McMillan, CEO, Dictionary.com. “These words shed light on the issues, policies, and rhetoric of individual candidates on an extremely granular level, ultimately giving us valuable insight on the people vying to be the next president of the United States.” Here is the complete list oftop 20 words or phrases favored by each candidate in Dictionary.com’s analysis, in order of frequency of use:
Hillary Clinton
1. systemic
2. children
3. seller
4. Libyans
5. Europeans
6. recommend
7. out-of-pocket
8. elsewhere
9. LGBT
10. AIG
11. contentious
12. advise
13. constant
14. compact
15. discrimination
16. arena
17. council
18. brothers
19. racism
20. U.N.
Ted Cruz
1. utterly
2. cronyism
3. ration
4. Rubio-Schumer
5. objective
6. Jihad
7. sessions
8. distract
9. suspend
10. patrol
11. Persian
12. whatsoever
13. clarity
14. catastrophic
15. flat
16. booming
17. Ayatollah
18. IRS
19. note
20. abandon
John Kasich
1. blue-collar
2. surplus
3. formula
4. incumbent
5. architect
6. balanced
7. budget
8. miner
9. discipline
10. Pentagon
11. Ohio
12. Saudis
13. hole
14. incentive
15. encryption
16. unify
17. foot
18. civilization
19. slap
20. ill
Marco Rubio
1. apocalyptic
2. agent
3. Guantanamo
4. sophisticated
5. modernize
6. vat
7. grandfather
8. Moammar
9. paycheck
10. killer
11. dozen
12. enterprise
13. capture
14. century
15. bless
16. expensive
17. Shia
18. reasonable
19. prove
20. teach
Bernie Sanders
1. handful
2. crumble
3. speculation
4. tuition-free
5. substantially
6. cease-fire
7. one-tenth
8. U.K.
9. Cayman Islands
10. buck
11. turnout
12. quagmire
13. Henry Kissinger
14. Earth
15. sum
16. perpetual
17. greed
18. capita
19. fossil
20. unintended
Donald Trump
1. eminent
2. tremendous
3. sudden
4. scholar
5. inversion
6. Atlantic
7. businessman
8. nasty
9. beautiful
10. domain
11. catastrophe
12. currency
13. nice
14. excuse
15. unbelievable
16. incompetent
17. disgrace
18. Mexico City
19. Japan
20. hell