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Themes and arguments.

The arguments put forward or contested in the videos, grouped by theme and by period. Our local model draws them from a sample of political sentences, then they are checked against the sentences; each quote links back to its video.

The theme

Democracy

Political sentences about democracy, as an ideal or as a regime, about elections, institutions or representation.

Reliability of the classifier 0.88F1 0.90checked precision The method
Period

The last seven days are read again every day. * provisional, part of the period’s videos are still to be transcribed. Greyed out, reading pending.

960
political sentences on the theme
44
sentences read
26%
of the period’s YouTube videos transcribed
Gemma 4 31B
read on 6 October 2026 at 02:01
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 20.3% 27 videos
  2. Manosphere 2.4% 3 videos
  3. Conspiracism 12.5% 4 videos
  4. Culture 2.1% 2 videos

Mean share, per video, of the political sentences on the theme; each video counts once, from 20 political sentences.

Where the theme’s sentences come from
  1. Far right 93% 892 sentences
  2. Manosphere <1% 3 sentences
  3. Conspiracism 6% 61 sentences
  4. Culture <1% 4 sentences

This split follows the size of each orientation’s corpus. It describes the channel selection, not the weight each side gives the theme.

Arguments come from a sample shared by the territories. Only excerpts from channels in the selected country and their associated arguments are kept here; counts are recalculated.

The arguments

What is put forward, and by whom.

Each card opens on all its sentences; each quote links back to its video.

  1. Carried by Far right 3

    « Leurs institutions, leurs médias, leur économie, leur éducation, tout a été architecté pour que le résultat succès du peuple ne soit jamais une option dans l'équation. Et voilà ce qui change tout. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  2. Carried by Far right 1

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  3. Carried by Far right 2

    « Oui, on est aussi bien d'aller voter pour qu'au moins on détermine un peu de financement pour le parti de notre choix. C'est ça. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  4. Carried by Far right 1

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  5. Carried by Far right 1

    « Je pense qu'il y a une espèce de middle ground où, en tant que chrétienne, je ne considère pas que la femme n'a pas le droit à sa parole, à sa voix, d'avoir des ambitions, d'avoir des projets, de voter. Mais c'est ça, ça a comme créé vraiment deux plans. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

The videos

Where the theme weighs most.

Videos of the last four months, ranked by the share of their political sentences the classifier assigns to the theme; each record opens in a side panel.

  1. J'Analyse Les propros de Julie St-Arnaud Drolet, porte-parole d'Élections Québec. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 29 September 2026
  2. The video creator denounces a formal notice from Élections Québec Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 30 September 2026 · record
  3. 🏆 Milliard élu dans Orford : « Je suis le nouveau député d'Orford » Actualité Politique Du Québec · 6 October 2026
  4. Press conference by Paul-Saint-Pierre Plamondon in Quebec City at the end of the campaign Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  5. Pre-election discussion on the political and media situation in Quebec NLB - FreedomNews · 5 October 2026 · record
  6. Interview with the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party at the end of the election campaign Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  7. Comments on Quebec elections and international news NLB - FreedomNews · 5 October 2026 · record
  8. 24 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 25 September 2026
  9. 🎉 PSPP s'adresse à la nation : « Ce soir, c'est votre victoire » Actualité Politique Du Québec · 6 October 2026
  10. Presentation of Québec solidaire's proposals for families and AI Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record

The percentage is the share of the video’s political sentences assigned to the theme (at least 20 political sentences and 5 on the theme).

The periods

The theme, year by year.

Political sentences on the theme by period; click a period to show it. The number also depends on the share of videos transcribed, which varies a lot from year to year.

How the arguments are drawn

The theme’s political sentences are drawn at random by period, with quotas per orientation and a cap per channel and per video. Our local model reads the sentences without knowing their channel or orientation, groups those making the same argument, separates those reporting it in order to contest it and sets aside those off the theme. Orientation shares and quotes come from the sentences, never from the model. The last seven days are read again every day.

The detail in the method
Project paper