Observatory

YOUPOL / Explore

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.

655
political sentences on the theme
40
sentences read
Gemma 4 31B
read on 5 October 2026 at 13:13
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 27.5% 16 videos
  2. Manosphere 0.0% 1 videos
  3. Conspiracism 13.7% 3 videos
  4. Culture 4.2% 1 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 90% 592 sentences
  2. Manosphere <1% 2 sentences
  3. Conspiracism 9% 57 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 2

    « Puis tout ce qu'il explique en long et en large dans cette vidéo et les solutions qu'il donne, c'est déjà grosso modo ce qu'on explique depuis très longtemps, toi et moi. Donc encore une fois, on est tellement à l'avant-garde qu'on aurait pu offrir un vrai changement par le vote. »

    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 Conspiracism 1

    « Le Congrès ne met pas ses culottes parce qu'un président ne peut pas agir seul, sauf si les gens ont peur de lui, sont achetés. Il y a les lobbies israéliens qui achètent des... les sénateurs puis les représentants. »

    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. Press conference by Paul-Saint-Pierre Plamondon in Quebec City at the end of the campaign Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  4. Spécial pré-élections Québec - Avec Luc Gervais et Daniel Brisson NLB - FreedomNews · 5 October 2026
  5. Interview with the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party at the end of the election campaign Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  6. 24 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 25 September 2026
  7. Presentation of Québec solidaire's proposals for families and AI Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  8. Extrait ep806 - Les musulmans EUX vont aller voter! Et ils ont préparé 1 guide à ce sujet NLB - FreedomNews · 5 October 2026
  9. Analysis of surveillance and political financing in Quebec Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 26 September 2026 · record
  10. Christine Fréchette and Éric Girard warn of the economic risks of a referendum Actualité Politique Du Québec · 3 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