
g1 analyzes terms most repeated by candidates for the Presidency of the Republic in the 2nd round.
Presidential candidates Lula (PT) and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) participated in hearings on TV Globo led by Renata Lo Prete, detailing proposals and answering questions in the 2nd round.
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Candidates for the 2nd round of the presidential election participated in interviews on TV Globo this week.
Candidates Lula (PT) and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), who are running in the 2nd round of the election for the Presidency of the Republic, were interviewed this week by TV Globo.
In the hearings, which took place on Thursday (16) and Friday (17), in this order, the candidates were able to detail their proposals and answer questions asked by journalist Renata Lo Prete.
g1 analyzed the candidates' speeches and identified which terms were most repeated by the candidates. The connectives between the words used in the answers were excluded, in addition to the name of the presenter, Renata.
See the following two lists, in order of interviewees:
Lula's most spoken words:
Brazil: 29 times
People: 27 times
Country: 19 times
Debt: 19 times
Savings: 19 times
Minister: 18 times
Important: 14 times
Supreme Court: 13 times
Government: 11 times
Problem: 11 times
Words most spoken by Flávio Bolsonaro:
Brazil: 35 times
Government: 32 times
Lula: 31 times
President: 30 times
Bolsonaro: 22 times
Republic: 17 times
Reais: 16 times
Power: 15 times
Work: 11 times
Security: 11 times
What was said during the hearings
Lula (PT) was interviewed on Thursday (15) and defended the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility for 16-year-olds who commit heinous crimes, called for an investigation by ministers of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and said he was responsible for the difficulties faced by his government.
In his participation, on Friday (17), Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) promised to maintain the end of the 6x1 work schedule, approved this week by the Senate, said that he only wants one term as President of the Republic and stated that he was surprised by the arrest of close allies in Rio de Janeiro.
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