Donald Trump Speaks at a 4th Grade Level - Election 2016 Speeches
"As the Globe reminds us, President George Washington's 'Farewell Address' in 1796 was written at a post-graduate level of 17.9, while Abraham Lincoln's 1863 'Gettysburg Address' was delivered in language at an 11th-grade level. John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural—'ask not what your country can do for you'—ticked back up to 13.9, but President Obama, much revered as a public speaker, gave a speech at his inauguration that eighth-graders could easily understand. Other studies have shown declines in the speech level of members of Congress as well."
(You can calculate your own Flesch-Kincaid readability in Microsoft Word.)
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