Who’s been talking about elections? | Dec17 |
Words are a lot of fun.
I was reading RTÉ news and spotted Eamon Gilmore criticising the government and making reference to the election, which it struck me he’s been doing a lot of lately. So I moseyed over to the fantastic KildareStreet.com to have a look at exactly how much he’s been saying it.
169 times this year, as it turns out.
As a matter of fact, he’s used the word election this year so much that it accounts for 48% of every use of the word by him since 2004. Compare that to Cowen, at 32% (and take into account he’s announced it and answered questions on it, so he hasn’t always been bringing the topic up) or Kenny at 34%, and it seems like Gilmore has his eyes on the prize.
Now, obviously there aren’t any earth-shattering conclusions to be drawn, but like I said, words can be fun.
Interesting nugget: none of the party leaders use the word “election” most. That honour goes to John Gormley (preying on his mind, perhaps?) followed closely by Micheál Martin.
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