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r/PoliticalScience
Political Science
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A subreddit to discuss political science. Political science is the scientific study of politics. It deals with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Postings about current events are fine, as long as there is a political science angle. Rationality and coherent argument are encouraged, whereas ideological flamewars are strongly discouraged.
A subreddit to discuss political science. Political science is the scientific study of politics. It deals with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Postings about current events are fi...
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Total Submissions
16,978
Total Comments
87,643
Earliest Submission
April 10, 2010
Earliest Comment
April 10, 2010
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 923 | 99,553 | 383.4 | 0.8 | 461.87 | |
| #2 | 153 | 34,142 | 63.6 | 0.3 | 223.24 | |
| #3 | 70 | 15,954 | 29.1 | 0.1 | 218.58 | |
| #4 | 67 | 19,403 | 27.8 | 0.2 | 172.02 | |
| #5 | 85 | 24,934 | 35.3 | 0.2 | 169.82 | |
| #6 | 59 | 18,640 | 24.5 | 0.2 | 157.68 | |
| #7 | 302 | 98,240 | 125.5 | 0.8 | 153.14 | |
| #8 | 55 | 18,056 | 22.8 | 0.2 | 151.74 | |
| #9 | 669 | 226,932 | 277.9 | 1.9 | 146.86 | |
| #10 | 204 | 70,662 | 84.7 | 0.6 | 143.82 | |
| #11 | 319 | 111,179 | 132.5 | 0.9 | 142.94 | |
| #12 | 310 | 111,292 | 128.8 | 0.9 | 138.76 | |
| #13 | 60 | 22,492 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 132.89 | |
| #14 | 42 | 16,515 | 17.4 | 0.1 | 126.69 | |
| #15 | 98 | 38,945 | 40.7 | 0.3 | 125.36 | |
| #16 | 49 | 20,777 | 20.4 | 0.2 | 117.49 | |
| #17 | 103 | 44,028 | 42.8 | 0.4 | 116.54 | |
| #18 | 151 | 65,060 | 62.7 | 0.5 | 115.62 | |
| #19 | 315 | 138,447 | 130.9 | 1.2 | 113.34 | |
| #20 | 73 | 33,377 | 30.3 | 0.3 | 108.96 | |
| #21 | 54 | 25,128 | 22.4 | 0.2 | 107.06 | |
| #22 | 248 | 116,977 | 103.0 | 1.0 | 105.61 | |
| #23 | 102 | 49,139 | 42.4 | 0.4 | 103.41 | |
| #24 | 189 | 102,570 | 78.5 | 0.9 | 91.79 | |
| #25 | 73 | 40,700 | 30.3 | 0.3 | 89.35 | |
| #26 | 94 | 55,811 | 39.0 | 0.5 | 83.90 | |
| #27 | 37 | 22,077 | 15.4 | 0.2 | 83.49 | |
| #28 | 72 | 43,086 | 29.9 | 0.4 | 83.25 | |
| #29 | 131 | 80,677 | 54.4 | 0.7 | 80.89 | |
| #30 | 32 | 19,923 | 13.3 | 0.2 | 80.01 | |
| #31 | 50 | 31,331 | 20.8 | 0.3 | 79.50 | |
| #32 | 312 | 198,582 | 129.6 | 1.7 | 78.27 | |
| #33 | 103 | 67,008 | 42.8 | 0.6 | 76.57 | |
| #34 | authoritarianism authoritarianism | 228 | 148,763 | 94.7 | 1.2 | 76.35 |
| #35 | 34 | 22,269 | 14.1 | 0.2 | 76.06 | |
| #36 | 30 | 20,095 | 12.5 | 0.2 | 74.37 | |
| #37 | 32 | 21,847 | 13.3 | 0.2 | 72.97 | |
| #38 | 232 | 158,444 | 96.4 | 1.3 | 72.94 | |
| #39 | 37 | 25,443 | 15.4 | 0.2 | 72.44 | |
| #40 | interdisciplinary interdisciplinary | 39 | 26,915 | 16.2 | 0.2 | 72.18 |
| #41 | 30 | 21,137 | 12.5 | 0.2 | 70.71 | |
| #42 | 1,182 | 845,100 | 491.0 | 7.0 | 69.68 | |
| #43 | 61 | 44,140 | 25.3 | 0.4 | 68.84 | |
| #44 | 247 | 182,013 | 102.6 | 1.5 | 67.60 | |
| #45 | 91 | 67,594 | 37.8 | 0.6 | 67.07 | |
| #46 | 41 | 31,404 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 65.04 | |
| #47 | 84 | 65,137 | 34.9 | 0.5 | 64.24 | |
| #48 | 64 | 49,638 | 26.6 | 0.4 | 64.23 | |
| #49 | 206 | 160,880 | 85.6 | 1.3 | 63.79 | |
| #50 | 40 | 31,760 | 16.6 | 0.3 | 62.74 |