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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.

1,149
political sentences on the theme
47
sentences read
Gemma 4 31B
read on 6 October 2026 at 02:51
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 25.6% 22 videos
  2. Manosphere 0.0% 1 videos
  3. Conspiracism 18.7% 4 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 92% 1,056 sentences
  2. Manosphere <1% 2 sentences
  3. Conspiracism 8% 87 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 11Manosphere 1Conspiracism 1

    « Le 5 octobre, c'est les Québécois et Québécoises qui vont décider... Qui ils veulent envoyer au Parlement du Québec? »

    « Le 5 octobre, on vote. Et en santé, presque toutes les parties parlent de la même chose. »

    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 4

    « We know that the purpose of this attack just 27 days before our general election here. was to disrupt our democratic process. »

    « C'est à cause d'eux si je ne suis pas capable de me faire engager. Parce que dans les journaux, c'est écrit que je suis un fraudeur avec des manœuvres électorales frauduleuses. »

    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. Elections, Chamanisme et Poids santé Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur Libre-Penseur · 6 October 2026
  10. 🎉 PSPP s'adresse à la nation : « Ce soir, c'est votre victoire » Actualité Politique Du Québec · 6 October 2026

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