Trump speaks at a 7th-grade level — here’s how other politicians compare

If you’ve noticed that Donald Trump’s speech sounds short and simple, then you’re not alone.

A new report from Quote.com has found that the Republican presidential nominee speaks at a seventh-grade level — lower than many of his political peers.

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, delivers speeches at an eighth-grade level, the authors found.

The report analyzed about 4,000 words per person of public speeches from prominent public figures over the past two years. The authors ran the speeches through six different text-analysis algorithms and averaged the results to calculate the final score for each person. When comparing Trump and Clinton, however, the authors added two algorithms.

The assessment may actually suggest an improvement for Trump. Similar analyses of Trump’s speech from earlier in the campaign season found that the businessman spoke at a fourth- or fifth-grade level.
Read more: Business Insider