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title: "Appendix A: Most distinctive terms by party in 2016 and 2020"
description: "[![](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/09/PDL_09.30.21_social.media_.congress_appendixA.png?w=882)](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/09/30/appendix-a-most-distinctive-terms-by-party-in-2016-and-2020/pdl_09-30-21_social-media_-congress_appendixa-png/)"
date: "2021-09-30"
authors:
  - name: "Sono Shah"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/sono-shah/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/09/30/appendix-a-most-distinctive-terms-by-party-in-2016-and-2020/"
categories:
  - "Congress"
  - "Election 2016"
  - "Election 2020"
  - "Media Polarization"
  - "Politics Online"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Social Media & the News"
---

# Appendix A: Most distinctive terms by party in 2016 and 2020

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