Difference in Victory Speeches of Trump and Others

This report analyzes the difference in victory speeches of Trump and other American politicians. It studies the themes, language, and components of Trump's speeches and compares them with other leaders. The report is based on a literature review and secondary data collection.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Literature Review............................................................................................................................2
Data Collection................................................................................................................................3
Methodology....................................................................................................................................3
Analysis...........................................................................................................................................4
Comparison based on the Language................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Speeches form an integral part of any election or most other political activities and
purposes. A political speech is a speech that helps in delivering comments and opinions through
expressions based on political or governmental happenings (Schumacher and Eskenazi, 2016).
These opinions depict the importance or failure of any government action or proceedings or
decisions which are usually framed or enacted to affect the nation or the citizens as a whole. One
such type of speech is the political speech related to victory or the outcomes of an election
results. The form of such speeches is generally thankful and encouraging. In this report the
difference in between the political speeches of Trump and other victory speeches are studied and
analyzed in detail (Jamieson and Taussig, 2017). To proceed with and analyze the study, the
various factors and components of Donald Trump’s speeches have been pointed out and
discussed.
Literature Review
Studies state how the form and culture of American culture has changed over time and
has been portrayed to the highest extent and have been exemplified by Donald Trump and Hilary
Clinton. The form of speeches and campaigns has changed from the traditional forms to
economic nationalism. The scope and horizon of political thinking has broadened in the last few
years (Lamont, Park and Ayala‐Hurtado 2017). This is so because the demographical,
economical and cultural thoughts as well as the perceiving factor of the citizens have changed
and have undergone a lot of modifications. The nature of Trump’s issues related to inclusion,
cultural diversity, the role of the state and economic justice have all changed over time. Over

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time the pattern of use of themes in dialogue delivery and speeches have also changed in
America. Communication has always been important for the politician or the leaders to connect
to the people and persuade them for the win or the victory. Patterns of pitch variability, formality
and grandiosity have always played an important role in this aspect.
According to Ahmadian, Azarshahi and Paulhus (2017), the speech of Trump was
different and pivotal to change the course of the questionable and highly criticized political
platform. There were many features that differentiated his speech from the speech of all other
politicians on their victory and brought about a new perspective to the way in which speeches are
delivered. Studies assert that this has also impacted the form of formal and informal
conversations in the context of politics in America as well as other countries around the world. It
is claimed in the papers that Trump has quite meticulously followed the speeches of other
republican contenders and used the flow and a few components of those speeches in his speech
to avoid any kind of controversy or political agility that was existent throughout during his
campaigning proceedings.
Data Collection
Data is collected for this report through secondary measures. Various journals and
articles are reviewed and the analysis is carried out on the basis of these papers. The collection of
primary data is ambiguous and difficult for this study as it encompasses reviews from a huge
population of the entire United States and introduction and calculation of a lot of variables will
be necessary for this purpose which is beyond the scope of this paper.

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Methodology
The data collected on the basis of opinions or reviews from different articles and journals
and are flexible in nature. These opinions and reviews are studied in detail and the entire speech
of Trump is studied and all the traits and themes of this speech are classified and studied in
detail. This is then compared with the characteristics and traits of the victor speeches of other
leaders and politicians both in America.
Analysis
Themes
A thematic analysis is carried out for the distinction between the type of speech delivered
by Trump and other American republican contenders (Dorsey, 2016). The various themes are
discussed one after the other in details in a successive manner:
The first theme is that of grandiosity that has been a major theme and component of most
American contestants and has formed a very important feature of both election campaign
speeches and inevitably the victory speeches. There is a very fine line of differences in between
narcissism of a vulnerable nature and grandiosity and Trump has always been on the edge of
crossing the line in the victory speech. However, this feature of his victory speech has actually
gained him much of the attention and popularity whether positive or negative ((Ahmadian,
Azarshahi and Paulhus 2017). The feature of promoting himself on his own has been of great
value even in his professional life, let alone the political and the financial success. Studies
conducted in this regard assert that a charismatic leadership is often featured by such speeches
that have grandiosity in them. It sheds light on the assertive nature of a leader that has long been
a characteristic of speeches of many traditional leaders in the states.

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The next theme that encompasses many of the speeches of Trump and forms an important
phenomenon of his victory speech is the use of informality and fervor. The concept of
reassurance has been noticed time and again in his speeches. Instead of using sophistication
involved with rhetoric, he uses normal and simplified language which is easy to understand by
the common mass and is of a more friendly and comfortable approach. Studies confirm that the
absence of formal nature in speeches has been proven to be a matter that has caused success in
most of the elections and victory speeches as this helps the politician form an indirect bond with
the common mass ((Ahmadian, Azarshahi and Paulhus 2017). The lesser the complexity, the
lesser is the power of the politician in terms of appeal to the mass of people that have voted for
him. This also up to a small extent helps in gaining the trust of the people who are against or
have not voted for the politician.
The last theme that is used to analyze the quality and the difference of the components of
Trump’s victory speech from other speeches is the mean of the pitch of voice during the delivery
of speech. It has been studied and claimed in many papers that the use of gentle and a low pitch
in the dialogue delivery and victory speeches by men is perceived and considered to be more
appealing as compared to a high pitched voice. This has been followed by Trump in all his
speeches including his victory speech. In this context, the most influential type of
communication followed by Trump that is not followed in most other speeches is the use of pitch
variability (Ahmadian, Azarshahi and Paulhus 2017). This has highlighted the dynamics of the
extravert nature of Trump that clearly talks of his personality as a leader.

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Comparison based on the Language
On carefully studying the language and the transcript used by Trump and other leaders it
is noticed while other presidents elected have generally started the speech with addressing the
people or the country Trump has started his speech with a direct “Thank You”. This brings to
light the theme of informality and fervor. While the former President Mr. Barack Obama
addressed the issue of democracy, trump addressed the issue of unity ad called for unification of
the entire state. In this context, he also addressed the mass that has not voted for him (Bbc.co.uk.
2018). The concept of congratulating and reckoning their efforts has been the same for Trump as
has been for other leaders and politicians. This is generally followed by the act of thanking the
family by most Presidents and was followed by Donald Trump as well. However, before going
on to thanking his family, Trump talked about the immense potential and capability of growth of
the country and promised higher values of national income factors and revenue generation for
America. However, unlike most other Presidents elected in America Donald Trump did not thank
God or mention anything along the same lines. Trump has for the most part of the victory
speech, promoted an image of him which is that of a builder and an assertive leader.
Conclusion
Speech delivery and dialogue framing by the politicians is very important as it depicts the
trait and behavior that forms an integral part of the personality that they carry and impact other
people’s lives with. Communication is very important and this regards and caters to the forming
of an impression on the target audience. Victory speeches are one of the most important
constituents of any political agenda or election proceedings. It helps depict how grateful a leader
is to the common people and how serious he is about his role. It also helps perceive the

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importance of the initiatives or reforms he is about to make. This paper effectively depicts how
the various themes of traditional political speeches have been meticulously followed and used by
Trump is all his speeches including his victory speech and how the victory speech of Trump was
different from that of the others.

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References
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