- "The Globe reviewed the language used by 19 presidential candidates, ... using a common algorithm called the Flesch-Kincaid readability test that crunches word choice and sentence structure and spits out grade-level rankings... Trump tops GOP field while talking to voters at fourth-grade level." http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/20/donald-trump-and-ben-carson-speak-grade-school-level-that-today-voters-can-quickly-grasp/lucby6uwqaxilvvxbvtsun/story.html 9 comments politics
Linking pages
- Donald Trump talks at a fourth-grade level. Maybe that's why the Fox News audience loves him | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2016/01/10/donald_trump_talks_at_a_fourth_grade_level_maybe_thats_why_the_fox_news_audience_loves_him/ 61 comments
- Trump, who boasts of elite education, shines among voters without degrees http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-who-boasts-elite-education-shines-among-voters-without-degrees 27 comments
- Sarah Palin's American lobotomy: The Republicans keep making us dumber, and not even Stephen Colbert can save us | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2016/01/25/sarah_palins_american_lobotomy_the_republicans_keep_making_us_dumber_and_not_even_stephen_colbert_can_save_us/ 13 comments
- Only four presidential candidates are viable, says poll of Republican voters - CSMonitor.com http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/politics/2015/1026/only-four-presidential-candidates-are-viable-says-poll-of-republican-voters-video 10 comments
- Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing: Atrocities 1 – 1056 - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-796 6 comments
- Duty To Warn's John Gartner Breaks Down Donald Trump's Cognitive Decline https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/john-gartner-trump-cognitive-decline 0 comments