Language Becomes Murky when Politicians Gain Power

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New research shows that when politicians are in government, their speech becomes less understandable, which means they lose voters. It is well known that ruling parties often lose voters over time - this is the price of governing. A new study by Frederik Hjorth, a professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen, reports a lesser-known but potentially critical side effect of governing: politicians start to speak less simply and cle…

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It was somewhat unclear what Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) actually meant when he had to explain the tax policy of the then government as Prime Minister of the Liberal Party from the rostrum of the Danish Parliament in 2009. The...