The people at CafePress.com are having a little fun keeping
tabs on the top 2012 campaign buzzwords and they’ve conducted a survey to determine
which words and phrases the public expects to hear a lot during the first
presidential debate on Oct. 3 and which words they are sick of hearing.
CafePress notes that each campaign season generates certain
buzzwords that politicians either latch on to
or that dog them throughout the campaign. In 2008, the memorable phrases
included “hockey moms,” “hope and change,” and — to an unbearable extent in the
last debate between Obama and John McCain — “Joe the Plumber.”
Apparently, the CafePress survey was taken before “the 47
percent” – not to be confused with the 1 percent, the 99 percent, or the 2
percent who President Obama wants to tax more – came into vogue on the campaign
trail.
Some survey results:
* Not surprisingly,
almost 50 percent of Americans expect to hear “economy” during the debate.
* “Economy” led as the
most expected buzzword across all survey demographics, including: generations,
education and household income.
*
Only 1 percent of surveyed Americans expect to hear “Wall Street”
mentioned, despite the fact that 22 percent are tired of hearing about “the 1 percent” that was much
discussed during the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
Only 1 percent of surveyed Americans expect to hear “Wall Street”
mentioned, despite the fact that 22 percent are tired of hearing about “the 1 percent” that was much
discussed during the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
* Ten percent more men are tired of the phrase “doubling down” than women
(27 percent vs.17 percent).
(27 percent vs.17 percent).
* Women are equally tired of hearing the phrases “success” and
“built that” (22 percent).
“built that” (22 percent).
