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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.

1,926
political sentences on the theme · videos mostly from September to October 2026
120
sentences read
66%
judged off-theme
Gemma 4 31B
read on 6 October 2026 at 02:42
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 10.4% 85 videos
  2. Left 6.7% 33 videos
  3. Manosphere 2.2% 12 videos
  4. Conspiracism 11.7% 4 videos
  5. Culture 3.7% 3 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 65% 1,246 sentences
  2. Left 29% 565 sentences
  3. Manosphere 2% 35 sentences
  4. Conspiracism 4% 74 sentences
  5. Culture <1% 6 sentences

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

The reading proposed by our local model · Last 7 days

The arguments focus primarily on the role of voting as a decision-making tool, although some contest its utility. Other critiques target the inefficiency of democratic institutions or denounce anti-democratic drifts. Finally, the importance of parliamentary oversight is highlighted.

Interpretation generated by our model on 6 October 2026 at 02:42 from 120 political sentences drawn at random. The sentences kept come from the 41 following videos:

Orientation shares and quotes come from the sentences, not from the model.

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 16Left 3Manosphere 1Conspiracism 2
    Contested by Far right 2Left 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. »

    « Du coup, c'est sûr, ça va continuer jusqu'au 6 et jusqu'au 17 et jusqu'à... C'est quand les élections ? »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  2. Carried by Far right 4Left 2Manosphere 1

    « Alors déjà, je voudrais quand même rappeler que la loi Duplomb, c'est un grand échec de communication, puisque les porteurs de la loi Duplomb, c'est un peu le point commun avec toutes les lois pesticides. Elles ont un point commun, c'est de s'asseoir sur le processus […] »

    « Mais à quoi servent donc toutes ces institutions bourgeoises qui ne décident de rien ? »

    « Peu importe au Québec le parti politique qui va rentrer, ça va empirer. Il n'y en a pas de solution. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  3. Carried by Far right 2Left 2

    « J'ai envie de dire, soit c'est de la mauvaise littérature, soit c'est... Politiquement, la déclaration la plus folle, soit c'est de la mauvaise littérature, soit c'est politiquement l'une des déclarations les plus folles et délirantes et scandaleuses et antidémocratiques et […] »

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

    « C'est toutes les révolutions un peu qui sont arrivées, notamment dans le moment post-soviétique. Des pseudo-révolutions sous prétexte démocratique aux revendications vaguement démocratiques et anticorruption qui sont encouragées par les services secrets étrangers pour... »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  4. Carried by Far right 3Manosphere 1

    « Oui, alors effectivement, c'est un peu la première commission d'enquête qui a remis à l'ordre du jour les missions de contrôle qui sont dévolues au Parlement. On oublie toujours que l'article 24 de la Constitution permet au Parlement de contrôler l'action du gouvernement. »

    « Impossible ! Impossible ! Surtout quand les représentants ne comptent pas remettre en question qui que ce soit. »

    « Mais regardez ce qui est voté à l'Assemblée, regardez sur quoi ils se positionnent. »

    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. Procès Marine Le Pen : Pourquoi les juges l'ont épargnée ? - Michel Onfray Front Populaire · 9 July 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. Analysis of Pope Leo XIV's visit and comments on French politics Jean Massiet Replay · 29 September 2026 · record
  6. Pre-election discussion on the political and media situation in Quebec NLB - FreedomNews · 5 October 2026 · record
  7. Interview with the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party at the end of the election campaign Actualité Politique Du Québec · 2 October 2026 · record
  8. Analysis of French political current events and institutional functioning Jean Massiet Replay · 28 September 2026 · record
  9. Comments on Quebec elections and international news NLB - FreedomNews · 5 October 2026 · record
  10. 24 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 25 September 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