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Women, Latinos: Record numbers in Congress | Essentials

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Women, Latinos: Record numbers in Congress

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By many measures, 2012 saw the most diverse electorate in history turn out to the polls. 2013, as a result, will see the most diverse U.S. Congress in history assume office. Latino-Americans and women played a decisive role in yesterday's election, voting by wide margins to reelect President Obama (55 percent and 71 percent, respectively, according to exit polls. ) And when the 113th Congress assumes office in January, both groups will be represented in record numbers on Capitol Hill, leaving them poised to play an equally decisive role in shaping the agenda of the years ahead. America is changing. And from the demographics of the national electorate to the makeup of Congress, the evidence is everywhere. The new Congress will include 20 female senators, up from 17 female senators today, and a staggering tenfold increase from the two female senators who held office 20 years ago.

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Elizabeth Warren

Overall Sentiment: 0.0573469

Relevance: 0.404838

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-0.0329773she didn't promise to reinvent the wheel - when Warren was asked whether women simply know something about politics that men don't, she smiled, obviously enjoying the question - and then demurred: "Interesting question. I don't know."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0329773
  • Mean: -0.0329773
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

President Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0.109067

Relevance: 0.242269

Tammy Duckworth

Overall Sentiment: -0.249981

Relevance: 0.237743

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Tammy Baldwin

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.231954

Sen. Patty Murray

Overall Sentiment: -0.0132788

Relevance: 0.212553

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Mazie Hirono

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.212247

Linda McMahon

Overall Sentiment: 0.0375245

Relevance: 0.20962

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Rep. Jim Matheson

Overall Sentiment: -0.545455

Relevance: 0.208477

Joe Walsh

Overall Sentiment: -0.204749

Relevance: 0.208226

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Heather Wilson

Overall Sentiment: -0.160086

Relevance: 0.20573

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Mia Love

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.186018

Sen. Scott Brown

Overall Sentiment: 0.271627

Relevance: 0.174448

Kennedy

Overall Sentiment: 0.202602

Relevance: 0.160862

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Organization: Congress

Overall Sentiment: 0.115268

Relevance: 0.913411

Disambiguation: Dedicator | GovernmentalBody | Legislature | NaturalOrCulturalPreservationAgencyReferences:

Organization: Senate

Overall Sentiment: -0.0684226

Relevance: 0.325583

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