An analysis of the language used during the recent debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump suggests Trump tends to focus more on himself than on voters.
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Political History Curator, Smithsonian Institution
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
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Matthew Ricketson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Communication, Deakin University
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Professor and Director of the School of Journalism, University of Montana
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto
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Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Chair of Geriatrics, University of North Dakota
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University
