Measures the level of populist discourse in speeches, debates, and platforms of presidential candidates in the U.S. 2016 election. Covers 7 candidates from March 23, 2015-November 8, 2016. Data was collected by Kirk Hawkins at Brigham Young University. Available files for download include the coding results presented in an Excel spreadsheet, as well as zipped files of candidates' speeches and the completed rubrics of each coder. Please cite the data as follows: Hawkins, Kirk A. 2016. United States 2016 Presidential Campaign Speeches Dataset.
| Downloads | Democratic Candidate Speeches and Party Platform Republican Candidates Speeches and Party Platform Combined Data Set (.xls) Coding Rubrics |