State of the Military
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 the military.
Donald J. Trump
Party: Republican
Year: 2018
Total Word Count: 5,799
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Army | 1 | 0.017244352 |
Battlefield | 1 | 0.017244352 |
Guantanamo | 2 | 0.034488705 |
Marines | 1 | 0.017244352 |
Military | 4 | 0.06897741 |
Missile | 1 | 0.017244352 |
Navy | 1 | 0.017244352 |
Nuclear | 6 | 0.103466115 |
Veterans | 9 | 0.155199172 |
War | 2 | 0.034488705 |
Weapons | 1 | 0.017244352 |
Barack Obama
Party: Democrat
Year: 2010
Total Word Count: 7,304
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Battle | 1 | 0.013691128 |
Military | 2 | 0.027382256 |
Nuclear | 5 | 0.068455641 |
Troops | 4 | 0.054764513 |
Veterans | 1 | 0.013691128 |
War | 7 | 0.095837897 |
Weapons | 3 | 0.041073384 |
George W. Bush
Party: Republican
Year: 2002
Total Word Count: 3,878
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Battlefield | 1 | 0.025786488 |
Guantanamo | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Military | 4 | 0.103145952 |
Missile | 2 | 0.051572976 |
Navy | 1 | 0.02578648788 |
Nuclear | 3 | 0.077359464 |
Soldiers | 2 | 0.051572976 |
Troops | 3 | 0.077359464 |
Veterans | 1 | 0.025786488 |
War | 12 | 0.309437855 |
Weapons | 12 | 0.309437855 |
Bill Clinton
Party: Democrat
Year: 1994
Total Word Count: 7,432
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Military | 5 | 0.067276642 |
Missile | 1 | 0.013455328 |
Nuclear | 4 | 0.053821313 |
Troops | 1 | 0.013455328 |
War | 2 | 0.026910657 |
Weapons | 5 | 0.067276642 |
George Bush Sr.
Party: Republican
Year: 1990
Total Word Count: 3,777
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Army | 3 | 0.079428118 |
Battle | 1 | 0.02647603918 |
Military | 6 | 0.158856235 |
Troops | 2 | 0.052952078 |
Ronald Reagan
Party: Republican
Year: 1982
Total Word Count: 5,154
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Military | 8 | 0.1552192472 |
Nuclear | 1 | 0.019402406 |
James Carter, Jr.
Party: Democrat
Year: 1978
Total Word Count: 4,580
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Military | 5 | 0.109170306 |
Nuclear | 7 | 0.152838428 |
War | 6 | 0.131004367 |
Weapons | 3 | 0.065502183 |
Gerald Ford
Party: Republican
Year: 1975
Total Word Count: 4,126
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Military | 7 | 0.169655841 |
Navy | 2 | 0.048473097 |
Nuclear | 6 | 0.145419292 |
War | 2 | 0.048473097 |
Richard Nixon
Party: Republican
Year: 1970
Total Word Count: 4,457
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Battle | 1 | 0.022436617 |
Military | 3 | 0.06730985 |
War | 16 | 0.358985865 |
Weapons | 1 | 0.02243661656 |
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party: Democrat
Year: 1964
Total Word Count: 3,168
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Military | 3 | 0.09469697 |
Nuclear | 1 | 0.031565657 |
War | 7 | 0.220959596 |
Weapons | 2 | 0.063131313 |
John F. Kennedy
Party: Democrat
Year: 1961
Total Word Count: 5,274
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Military | 5 | 0.094804702 |
Missile | 3 | 0.056882821 |
Nuclear | 3 | 0.056882821 |
War | 6 | 0.113765643 |
Weapons | 2 | 0.037921881 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party: Republican
Year: 1953
Total Word Count: 6,973
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Army | 1 | 0.01434103 |
Military | 12 | 0.172092356 |
Navy | 2 | 0.028682059 |
Soldiers | 1 | 0.01434103 |
Veterans | 2 | 0.028682059 |
War | 5 | 0.071705148 |
Weapons | 1 | 0.01434103 |
Harry S. Truman
Party: Democrat
Year: 1946
Total Word Count: 27,465
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Army | 7 | 0.021845986 |
Battle | 1 | 0.003640998 |
Marines | 1 | 0.003640998 |
Military | 15 | 0.054614965 |
Navy | 16 | 0.058255962 |
Nazi | 4 | 0.014563991 |
Soldiers | 1 | 0.003640998 |
Troops | 2 | 0.007281995 |
Veterans | 36 | 0.131075915 |
War | 222 | 0.808301475 |
Weapons | 2 | 0.007281995 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party: Democrat
Year: 1934
Total Word Count: 2,230
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
War | 1 | 0.044843049 |
Herbert Hoover
Party: Republican
Year: 1929
Total Word Count: 10,994
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Army | 7 | 0.063671093 |
Marines | 3 | 0.027287611 |
Military | 1 | 0.00909587 |
Navy | 8 | 0.072766964 |
Soldiers | 2 | 0.018191741 |
Veterans | 9 | 0.081862834 |
War | 14 | 0.127342187 |
Calvin Coolidge
Party: Republican
Year: 1923
Total Word Count: 6,706
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Army | 5 | 0.074560095 |
Navy | 5 | 0.074560095 |
Veterans | 3 | 0.044736057 |
War | 10 | 0.149120191 |
Warren Harding
Party: Republican
Year: 1921
Total Word Count: 5,606
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Navy | 1 | 0.017838031 |
Soldiers | 1 | 0.017838031 |
War | 14 | 0.24973243 |
Woodrow Wilson
Party: Democrat
Year: 1913
Total Word Count: 3,553
| Word | Frequency | Percentage of Speech |
|---|---|---|
Military | 1 | 0.028145229 |
Frequency adjusted for speech length.
Similar variations of words were combined. For example: naval and navy are both categorized as “navy.”
Source: The American Presidency Project — http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php